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這 招股說明書涉及明盛集團控股有限公司(「明盛集團控股有限公司」)的500,000股普通股(「普通股」)公司”), 出售股東可能不時出售的(「售股股東」)在本招股說明書中點名。
我們 不會收到出售股東出售流通普通股的任何收益。
的 普通股已獲准在納斯達克證券市場有限責任公司(納斯達克)運營的納斯達克資本市場層級上市, 在股票代碼「MSW」下。
投資者應注意 他們不是購買香港運營公司的股票,而是購買控股公司的股票 在開曼群島註冊成立的發行人通過其在香港的子公司運營,這涉及獨特的風險 投資者
除非另有說明,否則如本招股說明書所用, 術語「我們」、「我們」、「我們的公司」和「公司」指明盛集團控股 Limited,一家根據開曼群島法律註冊成立的獲豁免有限責任公司,無重大業務。電影我們 我們的所有業務均通過我們的兩家子公司MS(HK)Engineering Limited和MS Engineering Co.進行,有限公司,根據 香港特別行政區(「香港特區」或「香港」)的法律。
我們現在是,並將繼續 指納斯達克證券市場規則第5615(C)(1)條所界定的“受控公司”。林志明先生,我們的主席 和首席執行官,將實益擁有我們當時已發行和已發行普通股約84.31%,並將 能夠在完成後立即行使我們已發行和已發行普通股總投票權的約84.31% 首次公開發行(“首次公開發行”),假設首次公開發行的承銷商 發售並不行使其購買額外普通股的選擇權,並假設林先生立即處置所有 根據回售招股章程,500,000股普通股。欲瞭解更多資訊,請參閱“主要股東”。雖然 我們不打算依賴納斯達克股票市場規則第5615(C)(1)條下的“受控公司”豁免,我們 可以選擇在未來依賴這一豁免。有關更多資訊,請閱讀本招股說明書第11頁開始的披露。
我們是一家「新興成長型公司」, 修訂後的2012年《快速啟動我們的商業法案》中定義,因此有資格降低上市公司報告要求。 投資我們的普通股涉及風險。請參閱本文第15頁開始的「風險因素」 招股說明書了解更多信息。
我們是「外國私人發行人」 根據適用的美國聯邦證券法,因此有資格降低上市公司報告要求。請參閱 更多信息,請參閱本招股說明書第10頁「成為外國私人發行人的影響」。
出售股份的股東 可不時以公開或非公開交易或兩者兼而有之的方式發售或出售本招股說明書所提供的普通股。 這些銷售將以固定價格、銷售時的市場價格、與當時的市場價格相關的價格進行, 或者以協商好的價格。出售股東可以向承銷商、經紀自營商或代理人出售股票,或通過承銷商、經紀自營商或代理人出售股票,承銷商、經紀自營商或代理人可以獲得 以折扣、優惠或佣金的形式從出售股東、普通股購買者、 或者兩者都有。任何參與的經紀自營商,以及任何作為經紀自營商關聯公司的出售股東,均可被視為 是19《證券法》(經修訂)所指的“承銷商”,任何佣金或折扣給予 任何此類經紀交易商或其關聯公司可被視為承銷佣金或折扣 經修訂的19證券法。出售股東已通知我們,他們沒有任何協定或諒解,直接 或間接地與任何人分配其普通股。有關更完整的說明,請參閱“分銷計劃” 普通股的出售方式。
關於合併和合並的規定 2006年,六個中國監管機構通過並修訂了《外國投資者收購境內公司》或《並購規則》 2009年,要求通過收購內地境內公司,為上市目的而成立的海外特殊目的載體 中國並由內地公司或個人控股中國取得中國證監會批准 (“中國證監會”),在該特別目的載體的證券在海外上市和交易之前 證券交易所。此外,2021年12月24日,中國證監會發布了《國務院關於 境內企業境外發行證券上市(徵求意見稿)(《管理條例(草案)》) 和《境內企業境外發行證券和上市備案管理辦法(徵求意見稿)》(徵求意見稿)( 《備案辦法草案》),統稱為《境外上市規則草案》,向社會公開徵求意見。
2023年2月17日,經批准 國務院,中國證監會發布了《境內公司境外發行上市試行管理辦法》, 或試行辦法,及五項配套指引,於2023年3月31日起施行。根據試行辦法, (一)境內公司直接或間接在境外發行或上市的,應當履行備案程式 並向中國證監會報告相關資訊;(2)發行人同時滿足下列條件的,境外發行上市 應確定為境內公司境外間接上市:(一)下列任何一項總資產、淨資產、收入 或發行人最近一個會計年度境內經營主體利潤佔相應 發行人同期經審計的綜合財務報表中的數位;(2)其主要經營活動為 在中國執行的或其主要營業地點均設在中國,或由負責經營管理的高級管理人員負責 發行人主要為中國公民或在中國有住所;(3)境內公司尋求間接發行上市的 境外市場的證券,發行人應當指定境內主要經營主體負責所有備案手續 發行人向中國證監會申請首次公開發行股票並在境外上市的,發行人應當 自申請提交之日起三個工作日內向中國證監會提交備案。當日,證監會召開新聞發布會。 發佈試行辦法,發佈《關於境內企業境外發行上市備案管理的通知》 公司,除其他外,澄清:(1)將給予國內公司六個月的過渡期,在此之前 試行辦法施行之日,已獲境外監管部門或證券交易所批准, 如已完成在美國市場的註冊,但尚未完成境外間接上市; 已提交有效境外上市申請但尚未獲得批准的境內公司 試行辦法施行之日或之前,境外監管機構或證券交易所可以合理安排 向中國證監會提交備案申請的時間,並應在其境外備案完成前完成備案 招股上市。
在……上面 2023年2月24日,中國證監會、財政部、國家祕密保護和國家檔案局 中國局聯合發佈《關於加強境外保密和檔案管理的規定》 《境內企業發行上市證券或保密規定》,自3月3日起施行 2023年3月31日。保密規定要求,除其他事項外,(1)進行境外發行的境內公司 而直接和間接上市都要建立健全保密和檔案管理制度,並採取必要的措施 履行保密和檔案管理義務的措施;(2)國內公司計劃直接或 或通過其境外上市實體,向包括證券公司在內的有關個人或單位公開披露或提供, 證券服務提供者和境外監管機構,任何包含國家祕密或政府工作祕密的檔案和資料 代理機構,應當依法報經主管部門批准,並報保密行政主管部門備案 (三)境內公司擬直接或通過其境外上市機構公開披露 或者向證券公司、證券服務商、境外監管機構等有關個人和單位提供, 洩露其他有損國家安全或者公共利益的檔案、資料的,應當嚴格履行 國家有關法規規定的有關程式;(四)境內公司履行有關程式後, 向證券公司、證券服務提供者和其他實體提供任何含有國家 國家機關祕密、工作祕密或者其他危害國家安全的檔案、資料 或公共利益如果被洩露,資訊的提供者和接受者應當簽署保密協定; 境內公司、證券公司或者證券服務提供者發現洩露或者可能洩露國家祕密的, 洩露國家機關工作祕密或者其他危害國家安全的檔案、資料 或者公共利益的,應當立即採取補救措施,並向有關國家機關和單位報告。
明晟集團控股有限公司 是一間在開曼群島註冊成立的控股公司,並有兩間營運附屬公司在香港獨資經營,而該公司並沒有 任何附屬公司或可變權益實體(“VIE”)或擬收購中國的任何股權 在內地中國境內的任何國內公司,也不由內地中國的任何公司或個人控制。此外,我們 總部設在香港,我們的首席執行官、首席財務官和所有董事會成員都在 在香港,中國不是內地公民,我們所有的收入和利潤都來自我們在香港的子公司和 我們沒有在大陸產生任何收入或利潤,中國。此外,我們在可預見的時間內不打算在大陸開展業務中國 未來。因此,我們不相信我們會受到並購規則的約束,也不會被要求在試行中向中國證監會提交申請。 措施或保密條款。此外,根據香港特別行政區基本法, 或《基本法》,除《基本法》附件三所列的法律和法規外,其他法律和法規不在香港實施。 僅限於與國防、外交和其他不在自治範圍內的事項有關的法律)。因此, 正如我們的中國律師中國商業律師事務所確認的那樣,截至本招股說明書的日期,我們和我們的子公司都不在招股說明書的覆蓋範圍內 根據中國證監會或內地中國任何其他政府機構的許可要求,批准我們子公司的 運營或我們的產品。此外,我們或我們的附屬公司在上市前均無須獲得中國證監會的批准。 因此,截至招股說明書的日期,我們和我們的運營子公司都沒有申請過任何 這樣的許可或認可。儘管有上述意見,我們的中國法律顧問進一步告知我們,以下方面存在不確定性 中國將如何解讀和實施並購規則、試行辦法和保密規定 以上概述的監管機構及其意見受任何新的法律、法規或詳細實施和解釋的約束 與並購規則、試行辦法和保密條款有關的任何形式。如果中國證監會或其他機構 中國監管機構隨後確定,我們的發行需要事先獲得中國證監會的批准,我們可能面臨監管行動 或中國證監會或其他中國監管機構給予的其他處罰。此外,如果適用的法律、法規有重大變化, 或解釋改變,這要求我們獲得中國證監會或其他中國監管機構的批准,其中包括 任何階段的並購規則、試行辦法和保密條款,包括但不限於完成後 如果在這種情況下,我們或我們的香港子公司(I)沒有收到或維持批准, (Ii)無意中得出不需要這種許可或批准的結論;。(Iii)需要獲得這種許可或批准。 未來,如果適用的法律、法規或解釋發生變化,或者(Iv)被中國證監會或任何其他中華人民共和國拒絕許可 監管機構,我們將不能在美國交易所上市我們的普通股,或繼續向投資者提供證券, 這將對投資者的利益造成重大影響,並導致普通股價值大幅下降或一文不值。
最近,中國政府發起了 一系列監管行動和聲明,以規範內地某些地區的商業經營中國,包括破解 嚴厲打擊證券市場違法違規行為,加強對中國境外上市公司的監管 可變利益主體結構,採取新措施擴大網路安全審查範圍,擴大力度 在反壟斷執法方面。例如,2021年7月6日,中國共產黨中央辦公廳和 國務院辦公廳聯合發文打擊證券市場違法違規行為推動 資本市場高質量發展,其中需要政府有關部門加強 跨境監管執法和司法合作,加強對內地中國上市公司的監管 在海外建立和完善內地中國證券法的域外適用制度。另外,在12月 2021年2月28日,《網路安全審查辦法》(《辦法》)公佈並於2月15日起施行, 2022年,並要求除其他事項外,除任何“關鍵資訊基礎設施運營者”外, 控制不少於一百萬個用戶的個人資訊(有待進一步說明)的任何“數據處理器” 尋求在外國證券交易所上市還應接受網路安全審查,《辦法》進一步闡述了這一點 評估有關活動的國家安全風險時應考慮的因素。我們在香港的營運子公司 目前只服務於香港本地市場,目前沒有在內地的任何業務中國。我們目前沒有 預計這些措施將對我們的業務、運營或此次發行產生影響,我們也不預期我們或我們的香港子公司 符合中國網信辦的許可要求(“CAC”)這是必需的 批准我們子公司的運營,因為我們不認為我們可能被視為“關鍵資訊的運營者 基礎設施“或控制不少於一百萬用戶的個人資訊的”數據處理器“,即 在美國上市前需要提交網路安全審查,因為(I)我們的所有業務都是在香港進行的 經營目前只服務於香港本地市場的附屬公司,我們目前在內地沒有業務中國; 我們沒有或打算擁有任何子公司,也沒有或打算與內地任何實體建立VIE架構中國 這些措施是否適用於像我們這樣的公司仍不清楚;(Iii)截至本招股說明書的日期,我們有 既不收集或存儲任何內地中國個人或在內地中國的任何個人資訊,也不委託或 預計受任何個人或單位委託,進行內地任何中國個人或內部的任何數據處理活動 內地中國;及(Iv)截至本招股說明書日期,吾等並未獲任何中國政府當局通知任何要求 我們必須提交網路安全審查。此外,根據香港特別行政區基本法,或 除列於《基本法》附件三的法律和法規外,《基本法》和中華人民共和國的法律、法規不在香港實施 僅限於與國防、外交和其他不在自治範圍內的事項有關的法律)。已確認 我們的中國律師中國商事律師事務所根據他們對現行有效的中國法律法規的理解, 無論是我們或我們在香港的營運附屬公司,目前均不受 措施。此外,我們或我們的子公司都不受CAC或任何其他政府部門的許可要求的影響 審批我們子公司運營所需的機構。然而,對於這些措施將如何實施,仍存在不確定性 被解釋或實施。此外,在有關中華人民共和國的解釋和執行方面也存在重大不確定性 網路安全法律法規。如果我們被認為是“關鍵資訊基礎設施的運營者”或“數據 《處理者》根據《辦法》對不少於100萬名用戶的個人資訊進行控制,或者頒佈其他規定的 關於被視為適用於我們的措施,我們的業務運營和我們的普通股在美國上市可能 未來將接受CAC的網路安全審查。此外,如果適用的法律、法規有重大變化, 或解釋更改,這需要我們公司在未來獲得CAC或任何其他政府機構的批准,並且, 如在此情況下,在任何階段,包括但不限於,於本次發售完成後,吾等或吾等香港營運附屬公司 (I)沒有收到或保持批准,(Ii)無意中得出不需要此類許可或批准的結論,或(Iii) 如果適用的法律、法規或解釋發生變化,需要在將來獲得此類許可或批准,或者(Iv) 如果被拒絕獲得CAC或任何其他中國監管機構的許可,我們將無法在美國交易所上市我們的普通股。 或者繼續向投資者提供證券,會對投資者的利益造成重大影響,造成普通股的價值 股價要麼大幅下跌,要麼一文不值。
然而,由於這些聲明 而且監管行動是新的,因此立法或行政監管制定機構何時做出反應是高度不確定的 以及將修改或頒佈哪些現有或新的法律、法規或詳細實施和解釋(如果有的話)。 此外,此類修改或新的法律法規將對我們的運營子公司產生什麼潛在影響也高度不確定。 日常業務運營、接受外國投資的能力以及我們普通股在美國或其他外國上市 交流
如果發生重大更改, 適用的法律、法規或解釋更改,要求本公司獲得CAC或任何其他政府部門的批准 在將來代理,如果在這種情況下,我們或我們的香港子公司在任何階段,包括但不限於,在完成時 對於本次發行,(I)未收到或保持批准,(Ii)無意中得出結論,此類許可或批准不是 需要,(Iii)如果適用法律、法規或解釋,需要在未來獲得此類許可或批准 變更,或(Iv)被中國證監會、CAC或任何其他中國相關監管機構、相關監管機構、 例如CAC或中國證監會,在處理此類違規行爲時可能擁有廣泛的自由裁量權,包括:對我們或香港處以罰款 終止或限制子公司的運營;施加下列條件或要求: 或者我們的運營子公司可能無法遵守;限制或禁止我們使用首次公開募股的收益 爲在香港的業務和運作提供資金。施加這些懲罰中的任何一種也將導致實質性的和不利的 對我們開展業務的能力,以及我們的運營和財務狀況的影響。如果發生上述任何一項或全部情況, 它可能會大大限制或完全阻礙我們完成此次發行的能力,或導致我們普通股的價值大幅上升 拒絕或變得一文不值。此外,我們可能無法完成此次發行,無法將我們的普通股在美國交易所上市,或者 繼續向投資者提供證券,這也會對投資者的利益造成重大影響,並導致普通股的價值 股價要麼大幅下跌,要麼一文不值。見“風險因素-與我們公司結構相關的風險-最近, 中國政府發起了一系列監管行動和聲明,以規範內地某些地區的商業運營。 中國,包括打擊證券市場違法行爲,加強對內地中國公司的監管 採用可變利益主體結構在境外上市,採取新措施擴大網絡安全審查範圍,以及 加大反壟斷執法力度。在未來,我們可能會受到中國法律法規的制約 我們運營子公司的業務運營以及此類法律法規和解釋的任何變化都可能損害我們的 盈利能力,這可能會對我們的運營和/或我們的價值造成實質性的負面影響 香港法律顧問David律師事務所告知我們,無論我們或我們的營運附屬公司, 必須獲得香港當局的許可或批准,才能向外國投資者發售註冊的證券。 如果適用的法律、法規或解釋有任何變化,我們或我們的任何子公司必須獲得 在未來此類許可或批准的情況下,我們將努力遵守當時適用的法律、法規或解釋。
2021年12月2日,美國證券交易委員會通過 對其規則的最終修訂,涉及執行所持外國公司的某些披露和文件要求 公司問責法,或HFCAA,於2022年1月10日生效。如果發生以下情況,我們將被要求遵守這些規則 美國證券交易委員會認爲,根據規則中的定義,我們在隨後建立的程序中有一年沒有進行檢查 在美國證券交易委員會旁邊。美國證券交易委員會正在評估如何落實HFCAA的其他要求。根據HFCAA,我們的證券可能被禁止 如果我們的核數師沒有受到上市公司會計監督委員會的檢查,我們就不能在納斯達克或其他美國證券交易所進行交易, 或PCAOB,連續三年,這最終可能導致我們的股票被除牌。此外,在2021年6月22日, 美國參議院通過了《加速追究外國公司責任法案》,並於2022年12月29日簽署成爲法律。 修改HFCAA並要求美國證券交易委員會在以下情況下禁止發行人的證券在任何美國證券交易所交易 核數師不接受PCAOB連續兩年的檢查,而不是連續三年,縮短了時間表 適用HPCAA的退市和交易禁令,從三年延長到兩年,因此 縮短證券被禁止交易或退市前的時間。2021年9月22日,PCAOB通過了實施 HFCAA,它提供了一個框架,供PCAOB在根據HFCAA預期確定PCAOB是否無法 因所持職位而檢查或調查位於外國司法管轄區的註冊會計師事務所 由該司法管轄區內的一個或多個當局提出。
根據 對於HFCAA,PCAOB於2021年12月16日發佈了一份確定報告,發現PCAOB無法檢查或調查 完全註冊的會計師事務所,總部設在:(1)內地中國的人民Republic of China;(2)香港 香港特別行政區的裁決於2022年12月15日撤銷。此外,PCAOB的 報告確定了受這些決定製約的具體註冊會計師事務所,哪些決定是 於2022年12月15日騰出。我們目前的註冊會計師事務所ZH CPA,LLC爲我們的財務報表進行了審計 截至2024年3月31日、2023年3月31日和2022年3月31日的財年,總部位於美國科羅拉多州丹佛市,總部不是 在內地或香港的中國,在2021年12月16日的PCAOB報告中並未被確認爲受 PCAOB的決定,這些決定於2022年12月15日被撤銷。儘管如此,如果PCAOB 不能全面檢查我們中國核數師的工作底稿,投資者可能會被剝奪這樣的利益 可能導致限制或限制我們進入美國資本市場和我們的證券交易的檢查可能 根據HFCAA是被禁止的。此外,2022年8月26日,PCAOB與PCAOB簽署了一項議定書聲明或SOP協定 中國證監會和中國的財政部。標準作業程序與管理檢查和調查的兩項議定書協議一起,確定 一個具體、負責的框架,使PCAOB能夠對總部設在中國的審計公司進行全面檢查和調查 和香港,根據美國法律的要求。2022年12月15日,PCAOB宣佈它能夠確保完全訪問檢查 並於2022年全面調查了在PCAOB註冊的會計師事務所,總部設在內地和香港的中國。PCAOB 撤銷了之前2021年關於PCAOB無法檢查或調查完全註冊的公共會計的決定 公司總部設在大陸、中國和香港。不過,PCAOB能否繼續令人滿意地進行檢查 在PCAOB註冊的會計師事務所中,總部位於內地和香港的中國受到不確定性的影響,並取決於 我們和我們的核數師無法控制的因素數量。PCAOB繼續要求完全進入大陸中國和 香港正在向前邁進,並已計劃在2023年初及以後恢復定期檢查,以及繼續 進行正在進行的調查,並根據需要啓動新的調查。PCAOB已表示將立即採取行動考慮 如果需要,需要向HFCAA發佈新的決定。如果未來PCAOB再次確定它無法檢查 並對內地中國和香港的核數師進行全面調查,那麼被核數師審計的公司將受到 根據HFCAA對美國市場的交易禁令。見《風險因素--美國證券交易委員會和美方最近的聯合聲明》 PCAOB、納斯達克提交的擬議規則修改以及HFCAA都呼籲對以下各項應用更多、更嚴格的標準 新興市場公司評估其核數師的資格,特別是未接受檢查的非美國核數師 被PCAOB。這些發展可能會增加我們的產品供應的不確定性。“
我們 不 使用可變利益實體 我們的企業結構。我們通過間接全資運營子公司MS(HK)Engineering Limited和MS Engineering 公司,有限公司,在香港從事溼貿易工程服務。
AS 截至目前,我們沒有一家公司派發任何現金股息或進行任何現金分配。沒有任何限制 用於在公司之間轉移或分配現金。在我們正常的業務過程中,現金可以在 我們公司通過電匯往來銀行帳戶來支付一定的業務費用,如貸款或出資。明自明 成集團控股有限公司於最近註冊成立,至今未有任何轉讓、股息或分派。 控股公司明晟集團控股有限公司及其附屬公司或其投資者。MS(香港)建築工程有限公司 和我們的運營子公司分別根據英屬維爾京群島和香港的相關法律允許提供 通過股利分配籌集資金,不受資金數額的限制。對股息轉移沒有限制 從香港到開曼群島,再到美國投資者。
不過,未來資金可能不會 由於我們的能力受到限制和限制,可用於資助業務或用於香港以外的其他用途 或中國政府對我們子公司轉移現金的能力。對我們子公司的能力的任何限制 向我們付款可能會對我們開展業務的能力產生重大不利影響,並可能會大幅降低 我們的普通股或導致它們一文不值。
請 請參閱「招股說明書摘要-轉入和轉出我們的子公司的現金轉移」和簡明合併時間表 以及第7頁的綜合財務報表以獲取更多信息。
既不 美國證券交易委員會、任何州證券委員會或任何其他監管機構均已批准或不批准 或確定本招股說明書是否真實或完整。任何相反的陳述都是刑事犯罪。
本招股說明書的日期 是2024年11月21日。
表 內容
關於前瞻性陳述的警告性聲明 | v |
招股說明書摘要 | 1 |
風險因素 | 15 |
行業數據和預測 | 39 |
收益的使用 | 46 |
股利政策 | 47 |
管理層對財務狀況和經營成果的討論與分析 | 48 |
生意場 | 66 |
法規 | 78 |
管理 | 90 |
高管薪酬 | 98 |
關聯方交易 | 99 |
主要股東 | 100 |
普通股的說明 | 102 |
有資格在未來出售的股份 | 121 |
課稅 | 122 |
民事責任的強制執行 | 130 |
法律事務 | 131 |
專家 | 131 |
被點名的專家和律師的利益 | 132 |
披露監察委員會對彌償的立場 | 132 |
在那裏您可以找到更多信息 | 132 |
財務報表索引 | F-1 |
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關於這份招股說明書
我們和承銷商 未授權任何人向您提供與本招股說明書或任何自由撰寫招股說明書中所載內容不同的信息 由我們或代表我們準備或我們推薦您參考的。我們和承銷商不承擔任何責任,並且可以提供 不保證其他人可能向您提供的任何其他信息的可靠性。我們正在提供銷售,並尋求報價 購買特此要約的普通股,但僅在要約和銷售允許且合法的情況和司法管轄區 這樣做.本招股說明書中包含的信息僅截至本招股說明書日期有效,無論交付時間如何 本招股說明書或普通股的任何出售。我們的業務、財務狀況、運營業績和前景可能 自那時起發生了變化。
對於美國以外的投資者: 我們和承銷商均未採取任何行動允許在境外公開發行普通股 美國或允許擁有或分發本招股說明書或任何相關的自由撰寫招股說明書。 美國境外擁有本招股說明書或任何相關免費撰寫招股說明書的人員必須了解自己 關於普通股的發售和招股說明書的分發,並遵守與之相關的任何限制 美國的
我們獲得了統計數據、市場數據 以及本招股說明書中描述的來自市場研究、公開信息和行業的其他行業數據和預測 出版物,包括獨立市場研究和諮詢公司Frost & Sullivan的出版物,涉及以下信息 香港的建築業。雖然我們相信統計數據、行業數據以及預測和市場研究 是可靠的,我們尚未獨立驗證數據。
我們 根據《公司法》註冊爲豁免有限責任公司,我們的大部分未發行證券 由非美國居民擁有。根據美國證券交易委員會的規則,我們目前有資格獲得「外國私人發行人」待遇。 作爲外國私人發行人,我們不會被要求向SEC提交定期報告和財務報表, 與證券根據1934年證券交易法(「交易所」)註冊的美國國內註冊人一樣迅速 行動”)。
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通常 使用的定義術語
除非 另有說明或上下文另有要求,本招股說明書中提及:
● | 「修改後 備忘錄和條款」指的是我們第二次修訂和重述的備忘錄 以及2024年7月29日生效的公司章程; |
● | 「中國」 或「中華人民共和國」是指中華人民共和國; |
● | 「公司 法案」是指經修訂、補充的開曼群島公司法(經修訂) 或以其他方式不時修改; |
● | 「弗羅斯特 & Sullivan」是指Frost & Sullivan Limited,一家獨立市場研究公司 代理機構,獨立第三方; |
● | 「政府」 指香港政府; |
● | 「洪 香港」是指中華人民共和國香港特別行政區 中國; |
● | 「提供」 指明盛集團控股有限公司的首次公開募股; |
● | 「運營 子公司」指MS(HK)Engineering Limited和MS Engineering Co.,有限; | |
● | 「我們的 集團」或「集團」指明盛集團控股有限公司及其 子公司; | |
● | 「普通的 股份」是指我們的普通股,每股面值0.0005美元; | |
● | 「中國 律師」是指中國商事律師事務所; |
● | 「美國證券交易委員會」 指美國證券交易委員會; |
● | 「股份」, 「股份」或「普通股」是指明的普通股 成集團控股有限公司,每股面值0.0005美元; |
● | 「我們」, 「我們」、「我們的公司」、「我們的」或「公司」 指明盛集團控股有限公司,一家獲豁免註冊成立的有限責任公司 根據開曼群島法律,並在描述其運營和 業務、其子公司; |
● | 「香港 美元」、「香港美元」,或「港幣」指法定貨幣 香港;及 |
● | 「美國 美元」、「美元」 或「$」是指美國的法定貨幣。 |
我們 業務由我們在香港的間接全資運營子公司使用香港開展美元,香港貨幣。 我們的經審計綜合財務報表和未經審計簡明綜合財務報表以美國呈列 美元.在本招股說明書中,我們指的是經審計的合併財務報表中的資產、義務、承諾和負債 以及以美元爲單位的未經審計的簡明綜合財務報表。這些美元參考基於匯率 香港美元兌美元,在特定日期或特定時期確定。匯率變化將影響 我們的義務金額和以美元計算的資產價值,這可能會導致 我們的義務金額(以美元表示)和我們的資產價值,包括應收賬款(以美元表示)。
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交換 速率信息
的 公司是一家控股公司,通過其在香港的主要運營子公司及其報告在香港開展業務 貨幣爲美元,公司功能貨幣爲港元。金額的翻譯 從港元兌換美元僅爲方便讀者,並按1美元= 7.8港元的掛鉤匯率計算,即 兌換區的中點1美元= 7.75港元至7.85港元。香港金融管理局提供兌換保證, 根據該規定,當局承諾應1美元= 7.75港元強勢銀行的要求出售港元併購買港元 應弱勢1美元= 7.85港元銀行要求發行港元,以維持港元貨幣穩定在左右 1美元= 7.80港元。並無任何陳述表明港元金額代表或可能已或可兌換、變現或結算 按該匯率或任何其他匯率兌換成美元。
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警示 關於前瞻性聲明的聲明
這 招股說明書包含涉及風險和不確定因素的前瞻性陳述,例如與未來事件、業務有關的陳述 戰略、未來業績、未來運營、積壓、財務狀況、預計收入和虧損、預計成本、前景、 管理的計劃和目標。除歷史事實以外的所有陳述都可能是前瞻性陳述。前瞻性 陳述常常,但不總是,通過使用諸如「目標」,「預期」,「相信」, 「估計」、「預期」、「向前看」、「打算」、「可能」、「計劃」、 「潛力」,「預測」,「提議」,「尋求」,「應該」,「將」, 「Will」和類似的表達或它們的否定。前瞻性陳述不應被解讀爲對未來的保證 績效或結果,並不一定準確地表明該等績效或結果將在什麼時間或由什麼時候發生 才能實現。前瞻性陳述是基於管理層對結果的信念,基於目前可獲得的信息 以及未來事件的時間安排。這些陳述涉及估計、假設、已知和未知風險、不確定性和其他因素。 這可能會導致實際結果或事件與這些前瞻性陳述中表達的結果或事件大不相同。在評估時 前瞻性陳述,你應該考慮風險因素和標題爲「風險」一節中描述的其他警告性陳述。 這些因素。“我們相信本招股說明書所載前瞻性陳述所反映的預期是合理的, 但不能保證這些預期將被證明是正確的。前瞻性陳述不應過度依賴 在那裏。
重要 可能導致實際結果或事件與前瞻性陳述中表達的結果或事件存在重大差異的因素包括,但是 不限於:
● | 我們 業務和運營策略以及運營計劃; | |
● | 的 我們業務未來發展的數量、性質以及潛力; | |
● | 我們 公司的股息分配計劃; | |
● | 我們 與發行普通股所得收益使用相關的預期; | |
● | 的 監管環境以及行業的總體行業前景 我們運營; | |
● | 未來 我們經營所在行業的發展;以及 | |
● | 的 香港乃至世界經濟走勢。 |
這些 因素不一定是可能導致實際結果或事件與所表達的結果或事件存在重大差異的所有重要因素 在前瞻性陳述中。其他未知或不可預測的因素也可能導致實際結果或事件存在重大差異 來自前瞻性陳述中表達的內容。我們未來的業績將取決於各種其他風險和不確定性,包括 那些在標題爲「風險因素」的部分中描述的。歸屬於我們的所有前瞻性陳述均符合以下條件: 他們的全部內容都是通過這個警告性聲明。前瞻性陳述僅適用於本文日期。我們沒有義務 在任何此類陳述發表之日後更新或修改任何前瞻性陳述,無論是由於新信息, 未來事件或其他。
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招股書 總結
這 摘要重點介紹了本招股說明書中其他部分包含的更詳細信息。此摘要不完整,不包含 你在做投資決策時應該考慮的所有信息。你應該仔細閱讀整個招股說明書之前 對我們的普通股進行投資。除其他事項外,你方應仔細考慮我們的合併財務報表 以及相關說明和標題爲「風險因素」和「管理層對財務的討論和分析」的章節 本招股說明書的其他部分包括「經營狀況和結果」。
這 招股說明書包含由我們委託、由獨立市場研究公司Frost&Sullivan準備的一份報告中的信息 提供有關香港建造業的資料。
我們的使命
我們的使命是成爲領先的溼貨行業 香港的工務服務供應商。我們努力提供符合客戶質量標準的優質服務, 要求和規格。
概述
我們是一家獲豁免的公司,註冊成立於 2022年8月2日開曼群島的法律。作爲一家沒有自己的實質性業務的控股公司,我們經營我們的業務 通過我們全資擁有的香港運營子公司MS(HK)Engineering Limited(成立於2019年3月27日)和MS Engineering 股份有限公司。MS(HK)Engineering Limited,成立於2012年10月12日。我們主要從事溼行業,如抹灰工程, 瓷磚鋪設工程、磚鋪設工程、地面熨平工程和大理石工程。我們是一家老牌的溼貿易工程分包商, 根據Frost&Sullivan的數據,2021年的市場份額約爲0.4%。通過我們管理層的持續努力, 我們的總收入從截至2022年3月31日的財年的14,383,980美元增加到截至本財年的21,868,220美元 2023年3月31日,以及截至2024年3月31日的一年中的27,572,692美元。MS(HK)Engineering Limited是一家註冊的 建造業議會註冊專門工程承建商計劃下的專門工程承建商,並承擔 私營和公共部門項目都有,而MS Engineering Co.,Limited主要專注於私營部門項目。
我們的 值
在… 作爲我們的公司,我們堅持我們的核心價值觀,這些價值觀對我們的成功至關重要。我們相信,這些價值觀不僅指導着我們的業務 並定義我們的品牌,但也爲我們和我們的客戶帶來真正的財務和運營利益。
我們的 核心價值觀包括:
● | 正在進行 我們以公平、誠信的態度開展業務; | |
● | 維護 具備高水平的溼法行業操作專業知識; | |
● | 傾聽 並回應客戶的需求;以及 | |
● | 提供 按時完成高質量的工作,價格具有競爭力。 |
競爭 優勢
我們 相信以下優勢是我們成功的原因,也是我們有別於同齡人的不同因素。
● | 已建立 往績記錄. 在我們大約十年的運營歷史中,我們專注於 以分包商的角色提供溼行業工程服務,並積累我們的專業知識 而溼貨交易的記錄也很管用。我們爲我們在溼貨行業的項目組合感到自豪 行得通。2022年,我們獲得了一個基礎設施擴建項目 初始合同金額超過14000港元萬(1,790美元萬)的醫院和 初始合同金額超過10000港元萬(12.8美元)的私人住宅項目 百萬)。2023年,我們獲得了一個住宅項目,並簽訂了初步合同 超過4,200港元萬(5,30美元萬)。2024年,我們獲得了一套住宅 初始合同金額超過12700港元萬(1,630美元萬)的項目。我們 相信我們在質量工作方面的良好記錄,我們在溼法貿易運營方面的專業知識 我們按時交付工作的能力是使我們能夠獲得信任的關鍵因素 從我們現有的客戶,並使我們在招標項目的競爭優勢。 |
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● | 已建立 與客戶的關係. 我們已經建立了長期的合作關係 我們的一些主要客戶。我們相信,我們是客戶的首選企業 合作伙伴和我們的長期合作關係歸功於客戶的信任 在我們始終如一地提供高質量工作的能力、我們提供有競爭力的價格的能力以及我們與供應商的牢固關係方面。通過利用我們的工作經驗 我們擁有龐大的客戶,積累了滿足質量要求的技術和專業知識。 其他潛在客戶的標準。 |
● | 經驗豐富 和敬業的管理團隊. 我們的管理團隊擁有廣泛的行業知識 以及在香港溼貨行業的項目經驗。林志明先生,我們的 首席執行官兼董事長,擁有約20年的溼法經驗 貿易工程行業。我們管理團隊工作經驗的更多細節 列於題爲「管理」的一節。 |
我們 增長戰略
我們的 主要的增長策略是進一步鞏固我們的市場地位,增加我們的市場佔有率,並抓住香港的增長機會。 江溼貿工場。我們打算通過擴大我們的業務規模來實現我們的業務目標 積極從我們現有的客戶群中尋找機會,承擔更多的溼行業工程項目,包括 以及一個新的潛在客戶群。爲了實現這些目標,我們計劃實施以下戰略:
● | 增強 增強競爭力,擴大市場份額。根據Frost&Sullivan的說法, 香港溼貨貿易工程總值由約9,574.9港元增加 2016年爲1133520港元(122760美元萬)至約1133520港元(145320美元萬) 2021年,代表着複合年增長率(“年複合增長率“)爲3.4%。 受下列因素推動:(I)政府的目標是增加香港的整體房屋供應量 香港行政長官《2022年施政報告》提出的未來幾年 (“2022年施政報告“),例如建造30,000個單位的輕型公共 未來五年,整體公營房屋建屋量增加約 未來五年(2023/24至2027/28)50%;(Ii)推出北部大都會 政府在2021年的發展策略,發展總土地面積 元朗區及北區約300平方公里;及 2020年施政報告提出「共享先導計劃」,旨在釋放發展空間 私人擁有的3,235公頃農地作房屋用途,我們預計 溼法行業的需求將進一步增加。我們將重點部署我們的 用於競爭更多和更大規模的溼行業工程項目的資源 香港。但是,我們可以在任何時候同時執行的項目數量 給定的時間受我們當時可用的資源的限制,包括我們的 人力和營運資本。我們計劃通過加強我們的 人力和營運資本,以捕捉增長中的潛在機會 溼交易工程市場。我們計劃將我們出售普通股的部分淨收益 股份以(I)透過聘請額外的項目督導員提升我們的項目管理能力 職員、安全督導員、工料測量師、財務及行政人員及 一般工人;及(2)用作一般營運資金。 |
● | 獲取 其他內容 裝備.我們通常部署我們擁有的設備供我們的分包商使用 在我們的項目中開展工作。考慮設備需求 源於我們進行額外且更大規模的溼貿易的業務戰略 工程項目,我們認爲進一步增強我們的設備至關重要 爲了爲我們的員工和分包商提供最好的裝備,以完成他們的工作。我們 相信更大的設備將使我們能夠(i)提高我們的整體工作效率 和技術能力;及(ii)增強我們更有效地部署資源的靈活性。 |
● | 增強 我們的品牌。我們集團通過直接招標獲得了我們的新業務 由客戶提供。我們相信我們可以擴大我們的客戶基礎,吸引更多的邀請 通過加大營銷力度來宣傳我們的品牌和市場,以吸引潛在客戶 在香港從事溼式工場行業。我們計劃的營銷努力包括 (I)設立專門網頁宣傳我們的服務;。(Ii)投放廣告。 在行業出版物上發表;(3)贊助組織的商業活動和慈善活動 地產發展商及建築承建商;。(Iv)派發宣傳單張及 用於宣傳我們的服務的其他宣傳材料;以及(V)接近潛在客戶 更積極地爲我們的溼貨行業服務爭取新的商機。 |
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威脅 和挑戰
根據 對於Frost&Sullivan,我們面臨以下威脅和挑戰:
● | 週期性的 建築業的性質。作爲建築業的一部分,溼式貿易工程 市場遵循建築業的週期性,這通常被認爲是 與宏觀經濟狀況、政府政策和商業週期高度相關。 例如,在經濟低迷的情況下,緊縮的財政預算和更高的 融資成本可能會使項目業主在啓動新項目時更加保守 或者投入更多的資源。同樣,如果土地供應出現放緩跡象 或香港政府的發展計劃,香港溼貨行業市場的增長 孔令輝可能會受到阻礙。 |
● | 短缺 勞動力的減少和勞動力成本的增加。根據建築業議會的說法,勞工 在香港從事溼法工程行業,包括抹灰工、磚匠和 混凝土製造商已全部列入短缺貿易清單。由於人口老齡化 以及對工人技能和資質的更高要求,溼貨交易市場 香港一直面臨嚴重的經驗和技術勞工短缺問題。 因此,爲了吸引合格的工人,我們可能需要採取以下措施 具有競爭力的薪酬待遇、增長機會和靈活的工作時間。不斷增長的 人才的競爭將導致更高的勞動力成本,並對增長構成挑戰 溼貨交易市場。 |
● | 更高 材料成本。溼貿易工廠行業的原材料價格連續上漲。 例如,自2016年以來,沙子、波特蘭水泥和混凝土塊的價格都有所上漲 到2021年,年複合年均增長率分別約爲17.6%、3.1%和4.1%。在這些人中 所有溼行業使用的原材料,沙子的平均價格漲幅最大, 主要由於中國的河沙供應有限。材料成本的膨脹 將導致更高的支出,這可能會進一步對我們的利潤率產生負面影響。 |
市場 和競爭
根據 至於Frost&Sullivan,香港溼貨貿易工程的總值由約957490港元萬(1,227.6美元)增加 至2021年,萬約爲港幣1133520元(145320美元萬),複合年增長率爲3.4%。驅動因素:(I) 《2022年施政報告》提出未來數年增加整體房屋供應的目標,例如興建 在未來五年興建30,000個輕型公營房屋單位,令整體公營房屋建屋量在未來五年增加約50% 未來五年(2023/24至2027/28);(2)政府於2021年啓動北方大都市發展戰略, 在元朗區及北區發展的土地總面積約爲300平方公里;及 2020年《施政報告》提出的旨在釋放私人農地發展的共享試點計劃 在3,235公頃的房屋用地中,我們預計溼行業工程的需求將會進一步增加。因此,我們相信 我們應集中資源,在香港爭取更多和更大型的溼地工程項目。 孔令輝。然而,我們在任何給定時間可以同時執行的項目數量受到我們當時可用的項目數量的限制 資源,包括我們的人力和營運資本的可用性。根據Frost&Sullivan的說法,溼交易工作市場 就市場參與者的數量而言,香港被認爲是分散的。根據建築業協會的說法,有 截至2021年底,已有500多名承包商在「完成溼貿易」的貿易專業項下注冊。我們計劃 加強我們的人力和營運資本以提升競爭力,以把握香港在 不斷增長的溼貿易工程市場。連同政府的其他支援政策和加快市區重建,溼貨的總值 貿易工程預計將從2022年的1210310港元萬(155170美元萬)增加到大約1560930港元萬(2,001.2美元) 2026年)。
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意義重大 風險因素
風險 與我們的公司結構相關
● | 我們 依靠運營子公司支付的股息和其他股權分配 爲我們可能有的任何現金和融資需求提供資金,以及對以下能力的任何限制 運營中的子公司向我們付款可能會對 我們開展業務的能力。在未來,資金可能無法提供資金 在香港以外地方作業或作其他用途,因施加限制及 中國政府對我們或我們的子公司轉移現金的能力的限制。 | |
● | 最近, 中國政府發起了一系列監管行動和聲明,以規範商業 中國在內地某些地區的行動,包括打擊非法活動 在證券市場,加強對內地中國上市公司的監管 海外採用可變利益主體結構,採取新措施擴大 網絡安全審查範圍,擴大反壟斷執法力度。在……裏面 今後,我們可能會受制於與當前業務相關的中國法律法規 我們運營子公司的運營以及此類法律和法規的任何變化 解釋可能會削弱我們盈利運營的能力,這可能會導致 對我們的運營和/或我們的普通股價值產生重大負面影響。 | |
● | 我們 可能會受到各種中國法律和其他有關併購規則的義務的約束, 試驗措施和數據安全,以及任何違反適用法律和 債務可能會對我們的業務、財務狀況產生實質性的不利影響 以及手術的結果。 | |
● | 實質上 我們所有營運附屬公司的業務均在香港進行。然而, 由於現行中國法律法規中的長臂條款,中國政府 可對此類業務的進行行使重大監督和酌情決定權,並可 隨時影響此類操作,這可能導致操作中的重大變化 和/或我們普通股的價值。中華人民共和國政府可 也對我們將資金轉移到香港以外地區分發的能力施加限制 盈利及派發股息,或再投資於香港以外的業務。中的更改 中國政府的政策、法規、規章和法律的實施可以 也發生得很快,我們對中國法律和 監管系統不能確定。 | |
● | 如果 中國政府選擇擴大對進行的股票發行的監督和控制 境外和/或境外投資於以中國爲基礎的內地發行人向以香港爲基地的發行人, 此類行動可能會嚴重限制或完全阻礙我們提供或繼續提供服務的能力 向投資者提供普通股,並使我們的普通股價值大幅上升 要麼拒絕,要麼一文不值。 |
爲 有關上述風險的詳細說明,請參閱第15-17頁。
風險 與我們的工商業有關
● | 我們的表現視乎溼貨行業的市況和趨勢而定,如果香港物業市場(以成交量和價格計算)放緩,香港溼貨行業項目的供應可能會大幅減少。 | |
● | 我們的 收入主要來自非經常性質的項目,而沒有 保證我們的客戶將爲我們提供新的業務。 | |
● | 我們的 從歷史上看,收入成本一直在波動。如果我們經歷了任何顯著的增長 收入成本,我們的毛利率可能會下降,我們的業務運營和財務 情況可能會受到實質性和不利的影響。 | |
● | 這個 已完成工作的實際總價值可能與最初估計的合同金額不同 在我們與客戶的合同中。 | |
● | 任何 材料成本估算不準確或成本超支可能會對我們的財務業績產生不利影響。 | |
● | 如果 我們不遵守某些法律,我們可能會被暫停或禁止簽約, 這可能會對我們的業務產生實質性的不利影響。 | |
● | 不盡如人意 我們分包商的表現或無法獲得分包商可能會對我們產生不利影響 我們的運營和盈利能力。 | |
● | 我們 依賴第三方的材料供應來經營我們的業務。 | |
● | 我們 可能無法在我們競爭激烈的行業中進行有利的競爭。 | |
● | 在.期間 截至2024年3月31日、2023年3月31日和2022年3月31日的財年,我們最大的五個客戶 佔我們總收入的很大一部分。 | |
● | 環境保護, 健康和安全法律和法規以及任何變更或由此產生的責任, 這樣的法律法規可能會對我們的財務狀況產生實質性的不利影響, 經營業績和流動資金。 | |
● | 我們 可能無法有效地實施我們的業務計劃以實現未來的增長。 | |
● | 我們的 持續的成功需要我們僱傭、培訓和留住合格的人員和分包商。 在競爭激烈的行業裏。 | |
● | 失敗 在可靠和及時的基礎上完成我們的項目可能會對我們的聲譽產生重大影響, 我們的財務表現或可能使我們受到索賠。 | |
● | 我們的 作業存在特殊危險,可能造成人身傷害或者財產損失, 使我們承擔保險可能無法承保的責任和可能的損失。 | |
● | 一定的 本招股說明書中的數據和信息來自第三方來源,而不是 由我們獨立核實。 | |
● | 我們 未來可能需要籌集額外資本,用於營運資本、資本支出 和/或收購,而我們可能不能以優惠條款或根本不能這樣做,這 會削弱我們運營業務或實現增長目標的能力。 | |
● | 我們的 對財務報告缺乏有效的內部控制可能會影響我們準確 報告我們的財務結果或防止可能影響市場和價格的欺詐行爲 我們的普通股。 |
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● | 我們 與我們的應收貿易賬款的可回收性有關的信用風險 和合同資產。 | |
● | 我們 是一家控股公司,其主要運營現金來源是從 我們的運營子公司。 | |
● | 我們的 大股東對我們的公司事務有相當大的影響力。 | |
● | 我們的 大股東可能與我們有潛在的利益衝突,這可能是實質性的 並對我們的業務和財務狀況造成不利影響。 | |
● | 如果 我們未能有效和經濟高效地推廣和維護我們的品牌,我們的業務 而且手術的結果可能會受到損害。 | |
● | 我們 可能會受到知識產權侵權索賠,辯護成本可能很高 並可能會擾亂我們的業務和運營。 | |
● | 任何 新冠肺炎疫情惡化可能對我們的運營和財務造成不利影響 條件。 | |
● | 事件 如流行病、自然災害、惡劣天氣條件、政治動亂和恐怖分子 攻擊可能會大大推遲甚至阻止我們完成我們的項目。 | |
● | 失敗 維護安全的建築工地和/或實施我們的安全管理體系可能會導致 發生人身傷害、財產損失、致命事故或停職或 註冊工程承建商計劃下的註冊不獲續期 建造業議會主席。 | |
● | 那裏 不能保證我們將能夠向註冊專科醫生續簽註冊 建造業議會的承建商計劃。 | |
● | 我們 可能不時成爲法律程序的一方,我們不能向您保證 法律程序不會對我們的業務產生實質性的不利影響。特別是, 可能會有潛在的僱員賠償和人身傷害索賠。 | |
● | 我們的 保險覆蓋範圍可能不足以支付潛在的責任。 | |
● | 可能的 招聘足夠勞動力的困難或勞動力成本的大幅增加可能 阻礙我們未來的業務戰略。 | |
● | 波動 匯率的變動可能會對我們的經營業績和 普通股的價格。 | |
● | 我們的 企業容易受到政府政策和宏觀經濟狀況的影響。 | |
● | 我們 面臨經濟普遍下滑和市況惡化的風險,例如 就像中美貿易衝突一樣。 |
爲 有關上述風險的詳細說明,請參閱第17-28頁。
風險 與在香港營商有關
● | 洪 香港的法律制度正在演變,存在固有的不確定性,這可能會限制 爲您提供法律保護。 | |
● | 這個 在香港特別行政區制定《中華人民共和國維護國家安全法》 區域(「香港國家安全法」)可能會影響我們的運營子公司 在香港。 | |
● | 納斯達克 可能適用於我們繼續上市的更多和更嚴格的標準。 | |
● | 如果 我們未能滿足適用的上市要求,納斯達克可能不會批准我們的上市申請, 或者可能將我們的普通股從交易中退市,在這種情況下,流動性和市場 我們普通股的價格可能會下跌。 | |
● | 的 SEC和PCAOb最近的聯合聲明、納斯達克提交的擬議規則變更以及 HFCAA均呼籲對新興市場採用額外且更嚴格的標準 公司在評估其核數師(尤其是非美國核數師)的資格後 未接受PCAOb檢查的人。這些事態發展可能會給我們的發行增加不確定性。 |
爲 上述風險的詳細描述,請參閱第28 - 29頁。
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風險 與我們的首次公開募股和我們普通股的所有權有關
● | 我們 將因成為上市公司而產生額外成本,這可能會帶來負面影響 影響我們的淨收入和流動性。 | |
● | 我們的 管理團隊管理上市公司的經驗有限。 | |
● | 這個 公開披露資訊的義務可能會使我們相對於競爭對手處於劣勢 都是私人公司。 | |
● | 我們 是“外國私人發行人”,我們的披露義務不同於 美國國內報告公司。因此,我們可能不會向您提供相同的資訊 作為美國國內的報告公司,或者我們可能在不同的時間提供資訊, 可能會使您更難評估我們的業績和前景。 | |
● | 我們 是一家“新興成長型公司”,我們不能確定減少的報告 適用於新興成長型公司的要求將降低我們普通股的吸引力 致投資者。 | |
● | 我們 是納斯達克股票市場規則中定義的“控股公司”。雖然 我們不打算依賴納斯達克下的“受控公司”豁免 上市規則,我們可以選擇在未來依賴這一豁免,而您將不會 向受這些公司約束的公司的股東提供的相同保護 治理要求。 | |
● | 普通 未來有資格出售的股票可能會對我們普通股的市場價格產生不利影響, 由於未來在公開市場上出售大量已發行普通股 可能會降低我們普通股的價格。 | |
● | 未來 我們或我們的股東在以下情況下在公開市場上的銷售或對未來銷售的看法 此次發行可能導致我們普通股的市場價格下跌。 | |
● | 這個 作為一家上市公司的要求可能會給我們的資源帶來壓力,並轉移管理層的 請注意。 | |
● | 這個 無論我們的經營狀況如何,我們普通股的市場價格可能會波動或下跌。 業績,你可能無法在首次公開募股的水準或更高的水準轉售你的股票 發行價。 | |
● | 我們 可能會經歷與我們的實際或預期運營無關的極端股價波動 業績、財務狀況或前景,使潛在投資者難以 評估我們普通股迅速變化的價值。 | |
● | 未來 大量普通股的發行或出售,或預期的發行或出售 可能會對現行市場價格造成重大不利影響 普通股和我們未來籌集資金的能力。 | |
● | 我們 在使用我們首次公開招股的淨收益方面擁有廣泛的自由裁量權 可能不會有效地使用它們。 | |
● | 未來 融資可能會導致您的股權被稀釋或對我們的運營造成限制。 | |
● | 那裡 對於我們的普通股來說,可能不是一個活躍、流動性強的交易市場,我們不知道 我們的普通股將發展一個更具流動性的市場,為您提供充足的流動性。 | |
● | 我們 可能會在未來失去我們的外國私人發行人身分,這可能會導致 額外的成本和費用。 | |
● | 你 將會立即受到嚴重的稀釋。 | |
● | 你 在完成法律程序的送達、執行外國判決方面可能遇到困難 或在開曼群島或香港提起基於美國或其他外國公司的原創訴訟 對我們、我們的管理層或招股說明書中點名的專家不利的法律。 | |
● | 你 可能會在保護您的利益和保護您的權利的能力方面面臨困難 通過美國法院可能會受到限制,因為我們是根據開曼群島法律註冊的。 | |
● | 它 可能很難執行美國法院根據美國聯盟法律對民事責任的判決 針對我們、我們在開曼群島和香港的董事或高級管理人員的證券法。 | |
● | 我們 使用郵件轉發服務,這可能會延遲或幹擾我們接收郵件的能力 及時採取行動。 | |
● | 我們 可能成為一家被動的外國投資公司,或PFIC,為美國聯盟收入 任何課稅年度的稅務目的,這可能會使美國投資者在我們的股票中 對美國所得稅造成重大不利後果。 | |
● | 我們 不要指望在這次發行後的可預見的未來支付股息。你必須依靠 關於普通股的價格升值,以換取您的投資回報。 | |
● | 新的 擬議的美國證券交易委員會規則修正案中與氣候相關的披露義務可能會有不確定性 影響我們的業務,對我們施加額外的報告義務,並增加我們的 成本。 | |
● | 我們 受制於有關監管事項、公司治理等方面的法律法規的變化 以及公開披露,這既增加了我們的成本,也增加了違規的風險。 | |
● | 這個 出售或可供出售的大量普通股可能會對 影響他們的市場價格。 |
為 有關上述風險的詳細說明,請參閱第29-38頁。
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明細表 批准或許可的
在……裡面 根據我們香港律師David律師事務所的意見,我們和我們的子公司已獲得所有必要的許可或批准 以目前的方式運營我們的業務,沒有任何許可或批准被拒絕。
AS 經我司中國法律顧問中國商事律師事務所確認,基於他們對現行中國法律法規的理解, 截至本招股說明書發佈之日,本公司及本公司之營運附屬公司均不受並購規則、試行辦法、 截至本招股說明書發佈之日,中國證監會或中國民航總局已發佈的辦法、法規或政策,我們目前也不是 受中國證監會、CAC或任何其他需要批准我們上市的中國政府機構的許可要求所涵蓋 在美國的交易所和提供證券。因此,基於前述,既然我們不受法規或政策的約束 由CAC發佈到目前為止,我們認為我們目前沒有被要求遵守由 截至本招股說明書之日的CAC。此外,截至本招股說明書的日期,我們和我們的運營子公司都沒有 是否申請過任何此類許可或批准,因為我們目前不受並購規則或法規和政策的約束 由CAC發佈。
如果 我們或我們的子公司:(I)未收到或維護此類許可或批准,(Ii)無意中得出結論認為此類許可 或不需要批准,或(Iii)適用的法律、法規或解釋發生變化,需要我們和/或我們的子公司 為了在未來獲得這種許可或批准,有關政府當局將在處理 此類違規行為,包括徵收罰款、沒收我們和/或我們子公司的收入、吊銷我們或我們子公司的 營業執照或經營許可證,停止或對我們的經營施加限制或繁重的條件,要求我們 進行代價高昂且具有破壞性的重組,限制或禁止我們使用發行所得資金來資助我們的或 我們子公司的業務和運營,以及採取其他可能對我們的或我們的 子公司的業務。這些行動中的任何一項都可能對我們或我們子公司的業務運營造成重大幹擾 並嚴重損害我們或我們子公司的聲譽,這反過來又會對我們或我們的子公司造成實質性的不利影響 業務、財務狀況和經營業績。
轉賬 往來於我們子公司的現金
我們的 業務由本公司在香港間接全資擁有的營運附屬公司進行。明晟集團控股有限公司 開曼群島控股公司將依靠其附屬公司MS(HK)Construction Engineering Limited支付的股息。 我們全資擁有的英屬維爾京群島附屬公司及其全資香港附屬公司,即營運附屬公司 明晟集團控股有限公司的營運資金和現金需求,包括支付任何股息所需的資金。明盛 集團控股有限公司及MS(HK)建築工程有限公司實質上為開曼群島及英屬維爾京群島控股 分別是公司。只有我們的營運附屬公司在香港運作。
在.期間 在我們正常的業務過程中,現金可以在我們公司之間通過電匯進出銀行賬戶進行支付 某些業務費用,如貸款或出資。現金由我們在香港11個不同地區的營運附屬公司持有。 在香港的美元銀行賬戶。我們已申請開立港幣儲蓄、活期銀行賬戶和外幣儲蓄 及明晟集團控股有限公司在香港的往來銀行戶口。MS(HK)建築工程有限公司沒有銀行賬戶。
截至目前,我們沒有一家公司 是否派發任何現金股利或作出任何現金派發。截至本招股說明書發佈之日起,沒有任何限制或限制 根據適用於港元兌換外幣和將貨幣匯出香港的香港法律 或者跨境向美國投資者出售。中國的法律和法規目前對現金轉移沒有任何實質性影響 明晟集團控股有限公司轉讓給我們的經營附屬公司,或我們的經營附屬公司轉讓給明盛集團控股有限公司, 我們的股東或美國投資者。但是,在未來,資金可能無法用於資助業務或用於其他用途 香港,由於中國政府對我們的能力或我們的子公司的能力施加的限制和限制 來轉賬現金。對我們子公司向我們付款能力的任何限制都可能對我們的 這可能會使我們的普通股價值大幅縮水,或導致其一文不值。目前, 我們所有的業務都通過我們的運營子公司在香港進行。我們沒有也不打算設立任何子公司或進入 訂立任何合約安排,以與內地任何實體成立可變權益實體或VIE架構中國。自.以來 香港是中華人民共和國的一個特別行政區,中華人民共和國對香港的基本方針政策體現在 《香港特別行政區人民特別行政區法律Republic of China》或《基本法》為香港提供 高度自治以及行政權、立法權和獨立的司法權,包括根據 “一國兩制”方針。中國法律法規目前對轉讓沒有任何實質性影響 從明晟集團控股有限公司向我們的運營子公司或我們的運營子公司嚮明盛集團控股有限公司支付現金 然而,中國政府未來可能會對我們的能力施加限制或限制 將資金轉移出香港,向我們組織內的其他實體分配收益和支付股息, 或再投資於我們在香港以外的業務。這種限制和限制,如果將來強加,可能會拖延或阻礙 將業務擴展至香港以外地區,並可能影響我們從香港的營運附屬公司收取資金的能力。 香港。頒佈新的法律或法規,或對現有法律和法規作出新的解釋,在每一種情況下, 限制或以其他方式不利地影響我們開展業務的能力或方式,可能需要我們改變我們的 企業要確保合規,這可能會減少對我們服務的需求,減少收入,增加成本,要求我們獲得更多 許可證、許可、批准或證書,或使我們承擔額外的責任。在任何新的或更嚴格的措施的範圍內 如果被要求實施,我們的業務、財務狀況和經營結果可能會受到不利影響,並進行衡量 可能會大幅降低我們普通股的價值,有可能使其一文不值。
自.以來 明晟集團控股有限公司於最近註冊成立,至今未有任何轉讓、股息或分派 控股公司明晟集團控股有限公司與其附屬公司或其投資者之間的協定。
MS(HK)建築工程有限公司和我們的運營子公司 分別根據英屬維爾京群島和香港的相關法律,以股息分配的方式提供資金 不受資金數額的限制。香港向開曼群島轉移股息沒有任何限制 以及美國投資者。
我們的 公司結構
我們 是一家開曼群島公司,全資擁有我們的英屬維爾京群島子公司MS(HK)建築工程有限公司,該公司 反過來,全資擁有我們在香港的運營子公司。
這個 下圖顯示了截至本招股說明書發佈之日和上市完成時我們的公司結構。欲瞭解更多資訊 有關本公司歷史的詳細資料,請參閱第頁標題為“本公司歷史及結構”的章節 本招股說明書的77份。
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預售
註:
(1) | 明 Shing Group Holdings Limited是一家開曼群島公司,是控股公司和註冊人。 |
(2) | MS (HK)英屬維京群島公司Construction Engineering Limited是控股公司 我們的運營子公司。 |
(3) | MS (HK)工程有限公司是一家香港公司,是我們的運營子公司之一。 |
(4) | MS 工程公司,有限公司是一家香港公司,是我們的運營子公司之一。 |
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發售後 (假設出售股東不會根據本招股說明書立即出售500,000股普通股)
註:
(1) | 明 Shing Group Holdings Limited是一家開曼群島公司,是控股公司和註冊人。 |
(2) | MS (HK)英屬維京群島公司Construction Engineering Limited是控股公司 我們的運營子公司。 |
(3) | MS (HK)工程有限公司是一家香港公司,是我們的運營子公司之一。 |
(4) | MS 工程公司,有限公司是一家香港公司,是我們的運營子公司之一。 |
發售後 (假設 出售股東根據本轉售招股說明書處置全部500,000股普通股)
註:
(1) | Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited是一家開曼群島公司,是 控股公司和註冊人。 |
(2) | MS(HK)建築工程有限公司,英屬維京群島 公司是我們運營子公司的控股公司。 |
(3) | MS(HK)Engineering Limited是一家香港公司,是我們的一家 運營子公司。 |
(4) | MS Engineering Co.,有限公司是一家香港公司,是我們的 運營子公司。 |
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企業 信息
我們的 該公司於2022年8月2日在開曼群島註冊成立。我們在開曼群島的註冊辦事處位於Ogier Global (開曼)有限公司,大開曼群島卡馬納灣Nexus Way 89號,郵編:KY1-9009。我們的主要行政辦公室位於昌泰8樓。 香港九龍新蒲崗大有街16號工業大廈,我們的電話是+852 2370 3788。我們維持着一家公司 網址:http://ms100.com.hk/.我們的網站或任何其他網站中包含的或可從其訪問的信息不構成 本招股說明書的一部分。
我們在美國的代理送達程序文件 位於紐約東42街122號,18樓,NY 10168,電話號碼:+1(800)2221-0102。
因爲我們是根據法律註冊的 在開曼群島,您可能會遇到保護您作爲股東的利益以及保護您的權利的能力的困難 通過美國聯邦法院系統可能會受到限制。請參閱標題爲「風險因素」和「強制執行」的章節。 有關更多信息,請參閱《民事責任手冊》。
含意 我們是一家「新興成長型公司」
我們 是《JumpStart Our Business Startups Act》(《JOBS法案》)中定義的「新興成長型公司」,以及 我們有資格利用適用的各種報告和財務披露要求的某些豁免。 對於其他非新興成長型公司的上市公司,包括但不限於:(1)僅提交兩年的經審計 財務報表和僅有兩年的相關管理層對財務狀況和經營結果的討論和分析 在本招股說明書中,(2)不需要遵守薩班斯-奧克斯利法案第404條的核數師認證要求 2002年的《薩班斯-奧克斯利法案》(《薩班斯-奧克斯利法案》),(3)減少了我們定期報告中關於高管薪酬的披露義務 和委託書,以及(4)免除就高管薪酬和股東進行不具約束力的諮詢投票的要求 批准之前未批准的任何金色降落傘付款。我們打算利用這些豁免。因此,投資者 可能會發現投資我們的普通股不那麼有吸引力。
在……裏面 此外,《就業法案》第107條還規定,新興成長型公司可以利用延長的過渡期 證券法第7(A)(2)(B)節規定,以遵守 新的或修訂的會計準則。因此,新興成長型公司可以推遲採用某些會計準則,直到 否則,這些標準將適用於私營公司。
我們選擇利用某些 在本招股說明書所屬的註冊說明書中減少的披露義務,並可選擇利用 在未來的備案文件中提出了其他降低的報告要求。因此,我們向股東提供的信息可能不同 比你可能從你持有股權的其他公共報告公司獲得的更多。我們可以利用這些規定 在長達五年或更早的時間裏,我們不再是一家新興的成長型公司。
我們選擇利用我們自己的 延長實施新的或修訂的財務會計準則的過渡期。
我們 將一直是一家新興的成長型公司,直到(I)財政年度的最後一天,在該財年期間,我們的年度總收入 收入至少12.35億美元億;(Ii)本財政年度完成五週年後的最後一天 發行;(Iii)在前三年期間,我們發行了超過10美元的不可轉換億的日期 債務;或(Iv)根據交易法,我們被視爲「大型加速申報人」的日期,如果非關聯公司持有的我們普通股的市值超過 截至我們最近完成的第二財季的最後一個工作日,萬爲70000美元。一旦我們不再是一個新興的增長 公司,我們將無權享有上述《就業法案》中規定的豁免。
含意 成爲一家外國私人發行商
我們 是《交易法》規則含義內的外國私人發行人。因此,我們免受某些規定的約束 適用於美國國內上市公司。例如:
● | 我們 不需要提供像美國國內的那樣多的交易法報告,也不像美國國內的那樣頻繁 上市公司; |
● | 爲 中期報告,我們被允許只遵守我們本國的要求, 這些規則沒有適用於美國國內上市公司的規則那麼嚴格; |
● | 我們 不需要在某些問題上提供相同級別的信息披露,例如高管 補償; |
● | 我們 豁免受旨在防止發行人選擇性地 披露重大信息; |
● | 我們 不需要遵守《交易法》中規範徵集的條款 關於在聯交所註冊的證券的委託書、同意書或授權書 採取行動;以及 |
● | 我們 不需要遵守交易法第16條要求內部人士提交 公開報告其股權和交易活動,並確立內幕責任 從任何「空頭」交易中實現的利潤。 |
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影響 成爲受控公司
vt.在.的基礎上 首次公開招股完成後,我們將成爲納斯達克股票定義的「受控公司」 市場規則,因爲我們預計我們的主席兼行政總裁林志明先生將持有我們已發行股票總額的84.31%,以及 已發行普通股,即,他將擁有我們全部已發行和已發行普通股的大部分,並將能夠 行使我們已發行和已發行股本總投票權的84.31%,假設承銷商不行使其 購買額外普通股的選擇權,並假設林先生立即根據 轉售招股說明書。只要我們仍然是一家「受控公司」,我們就被允許選擇依賴,並可能依賴於, 關於公司治理規則的某些豁免,包括:
● | 一個 免除大多數董事會成員必須是獨立董事的規定; |
● | 一個 我們的首席執行官的薪酬必須確定的規則的豁免 或僅由獨立董事推薦;以及 |
● | 一個 豁免我們的董事提名者必須單獨挑選或推薦的規則 由獨立董事。 |
AS 因此,你將不會得到與受這些公司管治約束的公司的股東相同的保護。 要求。
雖然 我們不打算依賴納斯達克股票市場規則下的「受控公司」豁免,我們可以選擇依賴 在未來的時間裏。如果我們選擇依靠「受控公司」豁免,我們董事會的大多數成員 的董事可能不是獨立董事,我們的提名、公司治理和薪酬委員會可能不包括 在首次公開募股完成後,完全由獨立董事組成。我們的身份是“受控的 公司“可能導致我們的普通股對某些投資者的吸引力降低,或以其他方式損害我們的交易價格。作爲一個 因此,投資者將得不到受該等公司管治的公司股東所享有的同等保障。 要求。請參閱標題爲「風險因素--我們的大股東具有相當大的影響力」的段落。 關於我們的公司事務。
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的 提供
證券 被出價 | 普通 股份 | |
Number 出售股東發行的普通股 | 500,000 股份 | |
Number 本次轉售發行前已發行普通股的數量 | 11,250,000 股份 | |
Number 轉售發行後將發行的普通股數量 | 12,750,000 股份(1),假設我們根據同時提交的公開發行招股說明書發行1,500,000股股份 在此。 | |
使用 收益的比例 | 我們 不會收到本招股說明書中指定的出售股東出售普通股的任何收益。 | |
納斯達克 資本市場符號 | 城市生活垃圾 | |
風險 因素 | 投資 我們的普通股涉及高風險,我們普通股的購買者可能會損失部分或全部投資。 請參閱標題爲「風險因素」的部分,以討論您在決定之前應該仔細考慮的因素 從第15頁開始投資我們的普通股。 |
(1) | 假定 我們根據與此同時提交的公開發行招股說明書發行我們的普通股,沒有行使 承銷商購買額外普通股以及我們將出售的所有普通股的超額配股選擇權 根據本招股說明書出售的股東。 |
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總結 財務數據
的 以下摘要列出了截至2024年3月31日財年的合併運營報表和現金流數據, 2023年和2022年以及截至2024年、2023年和2022年3月31日的合併資產負債表彙總數據,已得出 來自本招股說明書其他地方包含的合併財務報表。您應該結合我們的閱讀本節 經審計的財務報表、隨附註釋以及題爲「管理層對財務的討論和分析」的部分 經營狀況和業績”包含在本招股說明書的其他地方。我們的合併財務報表已編制 並按照美國公認會計原則或美國GAAP呈列。我們的合併財務報表 已準備好,就好像當前的公司結構在所列期間一直存在一樣。
運營結果數據:
這一年的 告一段落 3月31日, 2024 | 這一年的 告一段落 3月31日, 2023 | 爲 年度 告一段落 三月 31, 2022 | ||||||||||
美元 | 美元 | 美元 | ||||||||||
收入 | 27,572,692 | 21,868,220 | 14,383,980 | |||||||||
收入成本 | (22,479,613 | ) | (18,373,672 | ) | (11,755,111 | ) | ||||||
毛利 | 5,093,079 | 3,494,548 | 2,628,869 | |||||||||
業務費用 | ||||||||||||
一般及行政開支 | (1,846,753 | ) | (855,597 | ) | (512,650 | ) | ||||||
總運營支出 | (1,846,753 | ) | (855,597 | ) | (512,650 | ) | ||||||
營業收入 | 3,246,326 | 2,638,951 | 2,116,219 | |||||||||
其他收入(費用) | ||||||||||||
利息支出,淨額 | (286,090 | ) | (179,986 | ) | (74,574 | ) | ||||||
其他收入 | 15,297 | 797,160 | 78,960 | |||||||||
其他收入合計,淨額 | (270,793 | ) | 617,174 | 4,386 | ||||||||
稅前收入支出 | 2,975,533 | 3,256,125 | 2,120,605 | |||||||||
所得稅費用 | (648,936 | ) | (468,889 | ) | (317,096 | ) | ||||||
淨收益和綜合收益總額 | 2,326,597 | 2,787,236 | 1,803,509 | |||||||||
普通股股東應占每股淨收益 | ||||||||||||
基本及攤薄 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.22 | |||||||||
用於計算每股淨收益的普通股加權平均數 | ||||||||||||
基本及攤薄 | 11,250,000 | 11,250,000 | 8,136,986 |
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資產負債表數據:
截至3月31日, | 截至3月31日, | 截至3月31日, | ||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
美元 | 美元 | 美元 | ||||||||||
現金及現金等價物 | 1,080,514 | 323,958 | 217,792 | |||||||||
應收賬款淨額 | 1,643,568 | 3,323,520 | 3,769,640 | |||||||||
合同資產 | 6,098,497 | 3,150,729 | 645,877 | |||||||||
其他項目 | 20,925 | 117,135 | 551,502 | |||||||||
流動資產總額 | 8,843,504 | 6,915,342 | 5,184,811 | |||||||||
非流動資產總額 | 3,045,374 | 1,367,152 | 414,133 | |||||||||
總資產 | 11,888,878 | 8,282,494 | 5,598,944 | |||||||||
流動負債總額 | 7,741,463 | 6,181,579 | 3,959,650 | |||||||||
非流動負債總額 | 3,149,153 | 1,718,025 | 1,479,537 | |||||||||
總負債 | 10,890,616 | 7,899,604 | 5,439,187 | |||||||||
股東權益總額 | 998,262 | 382,890 | 159,757 |
現金流量數據報表:
這一年的 告一段落 3月31日, 2024 | 這一年的 告一段落 3月31日, 2023 | 爲 年度 告一段落 三月 31, 2022 | ||||||||||
美元 | 美元 | 美元 | ||||||||||
經營活動提供(用於)的現金 | 2,457,189 | 795,328 | (151,558 | ) | ||||||||
投資活動提供的現金(用於) | (1,147,262 | ) | 35,898 | 56,390 | ||||||||
用於融資活動的現金 | (553,371 | ) | (725,060 | ) | (1,578 | ) | ||||||
現金及現金等價物淨增(減) | 756,556 | 106,166 | (96,746 | ) | ||||||||
截至期初的現金和現金等價物 | 323,958 | 217,792 | 314,538 | |||||||||
截至期末的現金和現金等價物 | 1,080,514 | 323,958 | 217,792 |
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風險 因素
投資 我們的證券涉及高度風險。您應該仔細考慮以下描述的風險以及所有其他風險 在做出投資決定之前,本招股說明書中包含的信息。下文描述的風險和不確定性代表了我們的 我們業務面臨的已知重大風險。如果實際發生以下任何風險,我們的業務、財務狀況或結果 運營可能會受到影響。在這種情況下,您可能會失去全部或部分投資。您不應該投資此產品,除非您 可以承受失去您的全部投資。
風險 與我們的公司結構相關
我們 依靠運營子公司支付的股息和其他股權分配來資助我們的任何現金和融資需求 可能產生,並且對運營子公司向我們付款的能力的任何限制都可能產生重大不利影響 我們開展業務的能力。未來,資金可能無法用於資助運營或在香港以外的其他用途 由於中國政府對我們或我們的子公司轉移現金的能力施加限制和限制。
明 盛集團控股有限公司是一家控股公司,我們依賴運營子公司支付的股息和其他股權分配 滿足我們的現金和融資需求,包括向股東支付股息和其他現金分配所需的資金 並償還我們可能產生的任何債務。我們預計在可預見的未來不會支付現金股息。我們預計我們將保留 任何收入來支持運營併爲我們業務的增長和發展提供資金。如果任何運營子公司發生 未來代表其自身債務,管理債務的工具可能會限制其支付股息或進行其他分配的能力 對我們請參閱標題爲「股息政策」的部分了解更多信息。
根據 根據《2004年英屬維爾京群島商業公司法》(經修訂),英屬維爾京群島公司可以在以下範圍內進行股息分配 分配後,該公司的負債不超過其資產,並且該公司有能力支付其 到期的債務。根據香港《公司條例》,香港公司只能從利潤中進行分配 可供分發。根據香港稅務局的現行做法,香港無需繳稅 關於我們支付的股息。對我們香港子公司支付股息或進行其他分配的能力的任何限制 對我們來說可能會在重大和不利的情況下限制我們的增長、進行可能對我們業務有利的投資或收購的能力, 支付股息,或以其他方式資助和開展我們的業務。
在現行稅務局的做法下 作爲香港分部,本公司派發的股息在香港無須繳稅。請參閱「稅務-香港稅務」。 中國法律和法規目前對明晟集團控股有限公司向 我們的營運附屬公司或我們的營運附屬公司嚮明晟集團控股有限公司、我們的股東及美國投資者轉讓。然而, 未來,中國政府可能會對我們將資金轉移出香港、分發資金的能力施加限制或限制 向我們組織內的其他實體支付收益和支付股息,或對我們香港以外的業務進行再投資。 這些限制和限制,如日後實施,可能會延誤或阻礙我們把業務擴展至香港以外的地區。 並可能影響我們從香港營運附屬公司收取資金的能力。頒佈新的法律或法規, 或對現有法律和法規的新解釋,在每一種情況下,限制或以其他方式不利影響能力或 我們經營業務的方式,可能需要我們改變業務的某些方面以確保合規性,這可能會減少需求 對於我們的服務,減少收入,增加成本,要求我們獲得更多的許可證,許可證,批准或證書,或主題 美國將承擔額外的債務。在需要實施任何新的或更嚴格的措施的範圍內,我們的業務、金融 運營的條件和結果可能會受到不利影響,這種測量可能會大幅降低我們的普通股價值 股票,可能會讓它們一文不值。
最近,中國政府發起了一系列 監管中國大陸某些地區的業務運營的監管行動和聲明,包括打擊非法 證券市場活動,加強對利用可變利率在境外上市的中國內地公司的監管 實體結構,採取新措施擴大網絡安全審查範圍,擴大反壟斷執法力度。 未來,我們可能會遵守與我們的運營子公司當前業務運營相關的中國法律法規 此類法律法規和解釋的任何變化都可能會損害我們盈利運營的能力,這可能會導致 對我們的運營和/或我們普通股的價值產生重大負面影響。
儘管我們對我們的運營擁有直接所有權 在香港的實體,目前沒有或打算有任何附屬公司或任何合約安排,以建立VIE結構 對於大陸的任何實體中國,我們仍然面臨與我們的運營子公司相關的某些法律和運營風險, 總部設在香港,迄今所有業務都在香港。此外,相關的法律和操作風險 在內地中國也可能適用於在香港的業務,我們面臨著與複雜和不確定相關的風險和不確定因素 關於不斷演變的中國法律和法規,以及最近中國政府的聲明和監管發展是否以及如何,例如 那些與數據和網路空間安全以及反壟斷擔憂有關的規定將適用於我們的運營子公司等公司 和明晟集團控股有限公司,鑑於我們在香港和中國政府的運營子公司的大量業務 可對在香港進行的業務進行重大監督。如果我們或我們的運營子公司 要受中國法律法規的約束,我們可能會產生物質成本以確保合規,我們或我們的運營子公司 可能會被處以罰款、有經驗的證券評估或退市,不再被允許向外國公司進行股票發行 投資者,和/或不再被允許繼續目前進行的業務運營。我們的組織結構包括 投資者面臨風險,中國監管機構可能不允許這種結構,這可能會導致實質性的變化 和/或我們普通股價值的重大變化,包括 這類事件可能會導致此類證券的價值大幅縮水或變得一文不值。此外,還有很大的不確定性。 關於中國法律法規的解釋和適用,包括但不限於相關的法律法規 在某些情況下,對我們的業務以及我們與客戶之間的安排的執行和履行。法律法規 可能會受到未來變化的影響,其官方解釋和執行可能涉及很大的不確定性。其有效性 對新頒佈的法律或法規的解釋,包括對現有法律和法規的修訂,可能會推遲,我們的 如果我們依賴法律和法規,而這些法律和法規後來被採納或解釋為不同於 我們對這些法律法規的理解。我們無法預測對現有或新的中國法律或法規的解釋會產生什麼影響。 可能會影響我們的生意。
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企業併購管理辦法 2006年由六家中國監管機構通過並於2009年修訂的《外國投資者境內公司併購規則》要求 境外特殊目的載體,以上市爲目的,通過收購內地境內公司成立,中國控股 大陸中國的公司或個人在上市前經中國證券監督管理委員會或中國證監會批准 這種特殊目的載體的證券在海外證券交易所上市和交易。另外,十二月二十四號, 2021年,證監會發佈《國務院證券境外發行上市管理規定》 境內企業(徵求意見稿)(《管理條例(草案)》)及境外發行辦法 《境內企業證券上市備案(徵求意見稿)》(《備案辦法草案》),集體 《境外上市規則草案》,面向社會公開徵求意見。
明晟集團控股有限公司是一家 公司在開曼群島註冊成立,經營實體設在香港,截至本招股說明書日期,我們沒有 子公司、VIE結構或在大陸的任何直接業務中國,我們也不打算有任何子公司或VIE結構或 收購內地任何國內公司的任何股權,中國,我們不受任何公司或個人控制 內地中國。此外,我們的總部設在香港,擁有行政總裁、財務長和所有成員。 明晟集團控股有限公司董事會中的很多人都不是內地的中國和我們所有的香港人 收入和利潤是由我們在香港的子公司產生的,我們沒有在內地產生任何收入或利潤中國。 此外,在可預見的未來,我們不打算在大陸運營中國。因此,我們不相信我們會受到 根據併購規則,或將被要求向中國證監會備案試行辦法。此外,根據《中華人民共和國基本法》, 香港特別行政區或《基本法》、中華人民共和國法律和法規不在香港實施,但下列情況除外 列於《基本法》附件三(僅限於有關國防、外交和其他事項的法律) 不在自治範圍內)。因此,自本合同生效之日起,經我方中國律師事務所中國商事律師事務所確認 招股說明書,我們的普通股在美國交易所上市和交易不需要中國證監會的批准或審查 按照併購規則和試行辦法的規定。
我們了解到,最近,中國政府 中國發起了一系列監管行動和聲明,以規範內地某些領域的商業運營,包括 嚴厲打擊證券市場違法行爲,加強對境外上市公司中國的監管 利用可變利益主體結構,採取新措施擴大網絡安全審查範圍,擴大力度 在反壟斷執法方面。例如,2021年7月6日,中國共產黨中央辦公廳和中央辦公廳 國務院辦公廳聯合發文打擊證券市場違法違規行爲推動 資本市場高質量發展,其中需要政府有關部門加強 跨境監管執法和司法合作,加強對內地中國上市公司的監管 建立和完善我國證券法的域外適用制度。
此外,在2021年12月28日,該措施 於2022年2月15日公佈並生效,除其他事項外,還要求 關鍵資訊基礎設施“,任何”數據處理器“控制的個人資訊不少於一個 尋求在外國證券交易所上市的100萬用戶也應接受網路安全審查,並進一步詳細說明 關於在評估有關活動的國家安全風險時應考慮的因素。《辦法》的公佈 表明CAC對數據安全進行了更嚴格的監督,這可能會影響我們的業務和未來的產品。截至日期 在本次招股說明書中,我們的香港運營子公司沒有任何內地中國個人作為客戶。然而,我們的運營 子公司可能會收集和存儲其客戶的某些數據(包括某些個人資訊),以用於“瞭解您的客戶” 目的,未來可能包括大陸中國個人。截至本招股說明書發佈之日,經我們的中國律師確認, 中國商事律師事務所,我們預計這些措施不會對我們的業務、運營或此次發行產生影響 或我們在香港經營的附屬公司須符合CAC或任何其他須批准的政府機構的許可要求 我們的子公司的運營,因為我們不相信我們將被視為“關鍵資訊基礎設施的運營商” 或控制不少於一百萬用戶的個人資訊的“數據處理器”,這些用戶需要提交網路安全申請 目前只為香港本地市場服務,我們目前在內地沒有業務中國;。(Ii)我們沒有,也沒有打算。 在內地沒有任何子公司,也沒有或打算與任何實體建立VIE結構中國,措施繼續 不清楚它們是否適用於我們這樣的公司;(Iii)截至本招股說明書日期,我們既沒有收集也沒有存儲 任何內地中國個人或在內地中國的個人資料,我們也不委託或期望被任何人委託 個人或單位從事任何內地中國個人或內地中國境內的任何資料處理活動;。(Iv)自 於本招股說明書日期,吾等並未獲任何中國政府當局通知任何有關吾等必須申請網路安全的要求。 (V)根據《香港特別行政區基本法》或《基本法》、《中華人民共和國法律法規》進行檢討; 不適用於香港,但《基本法》附件三所列者除外(僅限於與國家有關的法律 國防、外交和其他不在自治範圍內的事項)。然而,仍然存在很大的不確定性。 解釋和執行相關的中國網路安全法律法規。如果我們被認為是“操作者” 關鍵資訊基礎設施“或”數據處理器“控制個人資訊不少於一個 百萬用戶,或與本辦法相關的其他法規被視為適用於我們、我們子公司的業務 我們的運營和普通股在美國的上市可能受到CAC的網路安全審查,或者我們和我們的子公司 可能由CAC或任何其他需要批准我們子公司運營的政府機構的許可涵蓋 在未來。 行政法規制定機構將對哪些現有或新的法律、法規或具體實施和解釋作出回應 將被修改或頒佈(如果有的話)。這種修改或新的法律和法規的潛在影響也仍然高度不確定 將對我們子公司的日常業務運營、其接受外資的能力和我們普通的上市公司產生影響 在美國或其他外國交易所上市的股票。如果發生上述任何一種或全部情況,可能會顯著限制或完全阻礙
在……上面 2023年2月17日,證監會發布《境內公司境外發行上市試行管理辦法》, 或試行辦法,及五項配套指引,於2023年3月31日起施行。根據《試行辦法》, 尋求在海外直接或間接發行或上市的境內公司,應履行備案程序。 並向中國證監會報告相關信息。但是,試行辦法自新頒佈以來,其解釋、適用 而執法情況仍不明朗。本次發行需要按照試行辦法向中國證監會備案的 如本公司日後進行招股、上市或任何其他集資活動,本公司能否完成備案程序尚不確定。 及時地,或者根本不是。任何未能完成此類備案的情況都可能使我們受到監管行動或來自 中國證監會或其他中國監管機構。這些監管機構可能會對我們在中國的業務處以罰款和處罰,限制我們的 在中國境外分紅的能力,限制我們在中國的經營特權,推遲或者限制收益的匯回 從境外向中國提供證券或採取其他可能對我們的業務產生實質性不利影響的行爲,金融 經營狀況、經營結果和前景,以及我們普通股的交易價格。
在……上面 2023年2月24日,中國證監會、財政部、國家祕密保護和國家檔案局 中國局聯合發佈《關於加強境外保密和檔案管理的規定》 《境內企業發行上市證券或保密規定》,自3月3日起施行 2023年3月31日。保密規定要求,除其他事項外,(1)進行境外發行的境內公司,以及 直接和間接上市都要建立健全保密和檔案管理制度,並採取必要的措施 履行保密和檔案管理義務的措施;(2)國內公司計劃直接或 或通過其境外上市實體,向包括證券公司在內的有關個人或實體公開披露或提供, 證券服務提供者和境外監管機構,任何包含國家祕密或政府工作祕密的文件和資料 代理機構,應當依法報經主管部門批准,並報保密行政主管部門備案 (三)境內公司擬直接或通過其境外上市機構公開披露 或者向證券公司、證券服務商、境外監管機構等有關個人和單位提供, 泄露其他有損國家安全或者公共利益的文件、資料的,應當嚴格履行 國家有關法規規定的有關程序;(四)境內公司履行有關程序後, 向證券公司、證券服務提供者和其他實體提供任何含有國家 國家機關祕密、工作祕密或者其他危害國家安全的文件、資料 或公共利益如果被泄露,信息的提供者和接受者應當簽署保密協議; 境內公司、證券公司或者證券服務提供者發現泄露或者可能泄露國家祕密的, 泄露國家機關工作祕密或者其他危害國家安全的文件、資料 或者公共利益的,應當立即採取補救措施,並向有關國家機關和單位報告。
截至本招股說明書日期,我們獲悉 由香港律師David Fong & Co.負責,我們無需獲得香港當局的許可或批准即可提供 向外國投資者註冊的證券。如果適用法律、法規或解釋發生任何變化, 並且我們或我們的任何子公司未來需要獲得此類許可或批准,我們將努力遵守 然後是適用的法律、法規或解釋。
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我們的中國法律顧問中國商業 律師事務所,基於他們對中國現行法律法規的理解,截至本招股說明書之日, 我們或我們的運營子公司,均受併購規則、試行辦法、保密條款、辦法的約束 或中國證監會或中國民航總局截至招股說明書發佈之日已出臺的規定或政策,目前也不包括 根據中國證監會、中國民航總局或任何其他需要批准我們在香港上市的中國政府機構的許可要求 美國證券交易所和發行證券。因此,基於前述,由於我們不受發佈的法規或政策的約束 到目前爲止,CAC認爲我們目前不需要遵守CAC發佈的此類法規和政策 截至本招股說明書發佈之日。此外,截至招股說明書日期,我們和我們的運營子公司都沒有申請 對於任何此類許可或批准,由於我們目前不受併購規則或由 CAC.儘管有上述意見,我們的中國法律顧問進一步建議我們,併購規則如何存在不確定性 試行辦法和保密規定將由中國監管機構及其意見負責解釋和實施 以上概述受任何新的法律、規則和條例或任何形式的詳細實施和解釋的約束 關於併購規則、試行辦法和保密條款的規定。如果中國證監會或其他中國監管機構隨後 如果確定我們的發行需要事先獲得中國證監會的批准,我們可能面臨中國證監會的監管行動或其他制裁,或者 其他中國監管機構。此外,如果適用的法律、法規或解釋發生重大變化, 這要求我們在併購規則、試行辦法等方面獲得中國證監會或其他中國監管機構的批准 以及未來任何階段的保密條款,包括但不限於本次發行完成後的保密條款,以及 如果在這種情況下,我們或我們的香港子公司(I)沒有收到或維持批准,(Ii)無意中得出這樣的結論 不需要許可或批准,(Iii)如果適用法律,需要在未來獲得此類許可或批准, 法規或解釋更改,或(Iv)被中國證監會或任何其他中國監管機構拒絕許可,我們將 不能將我們的普通股在美國交易所上市,或繼續向投資者提供證券,這將對 投資者的利益,導致普通股的價值大幅下降或一文不值。
我們幾乎所有的運營子公司 業務在香港進行。然而,由於現行中華人民共和國法律法規的長臂條款,中國 政府可以對此類業務的開展行使重大監督和自由裁量權,並可以在任何情況下影響此類業務 時間,這可能導致運營子公司的運營和/或我們普通股的價值發生重大變化。 中國政府還可能對我們將資金轉出香港以分配盈利和支付股息的能力施加限制 或對我們在香港以外的業務進行再投資。政策、法規、規則和法律執行的變化 中國政府也可能很快發生,我們對中國法律和監管體系帶來的風險的斷言和信念不能 一定要確定。
最近,中國政府發起了一系列 監管行動和聲明,以規範內地某些地區的商業經營中國,包括打擊 證券市場違法違規行爲,加強對內地中國境外上市公司的監管 利益主體結構,採取新措施擴大網絡安全審查範圍,擴大反壟斷力度 執法部門。鑑於中國政府最近的聲明表明有意對股票發行施加更多監督和控制 境外和/或外國投資於內地中國的發行人,任何此類行動都可能顯著限制或完全限制 妨礙我們向投資者提供或繼續提供證券的能力,並導致此類證券大幅下跌或一文不值。 此外,對海外進行的發售和/或影響我們在香港的子公司的外國投資的任何進一步控制 香港政府可能會導致我們的運營子公司的運營、財務業績和/或 我們普通股的價值或削弱我們籌集資金的能力。
如果中國政府選擇延長 對海外進行的發行和/或外國投資於中國大陸發行人對香港發行人的監督和控制 發行人,此類行動可能會嚴重限制或完全阻礙我們向投資者提供或繼續提供普通股的能力 並導致我們普通股的價值大幅下降或一文不值。
中國最近的聲明、法律和法規 政府,包括《網絡安全審查辦法》、《中華人民共和國個人信息保護法》和《試行辦法》 已表示打算對海外和/或外國投資進行更多監督和控制 在中國大陸發行人中。我們可能需要獲得中國監管機構的批准或審查才能推出該產品。 中國政府未來擴大外國證券發行所涉及的行業和公司類別的任何行動 接受中國證監會審查可能會嚴重限制或完全阻礙我們向投資者提供或繼續提供證券的能力 並可能導致此類證券的價值大幅下降或一文不值。
與我們的商業和工業有關的風險
我們 業績取決於市場狀況和溼貿易行業的趨勢以及是否出現任何放緩(就交易而言 由於香港房地產市場的量和價格),香港的溼貿易工程項目的供應量可能會大幅減少。
爲 截至2024年、2023年和2022年3月31日的財年,我們的大部分收入來自香港的溼貿易工程。 溼工工程行業的未來發展和香港溼工工程項目的供應很大程度上取決於 有關香港房地產市場的持續發展。可用的溼貿易工程項目的性質、範圍和時間安排 將取決於多種因素的相互作用,包括政府對香港房地產市場的政策 香港、土地供應和公共住房政策、房地產開發商的投資以及香港的概況和前景 香港的經濟。這些因素可能會影響香港潮溼行業工程項目的供應。
如果 如果香港房地產市場(就交易量和價格而言)出現放緩,我們無法保證 香港的溼貿易工程項目供應量不會大幅減少,我們的業務和財務狀況及前景 可能會受到不利和重大影響。
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我們 收入主要來自非經常性項目,無法保證我們的客戶會爲我們提供 與新業務。
我們 收入通常來自非經常性項目,我們的客戶沒有義務授予項目 對我們在截至2024年3月31日、2023年和2022年3月31日的財年,我們主要通過招標獲得新業務 由客戶。無法保證我們將來能夠獲得新合同。因此,數量和規模 項目和我們能夠從中獲得的收入金額可能因時期而異,並且可能很困難 預測未來業務量。如果我們未能獲得新合同或合同大幅下降 未來可供投標的招標或合同數量、我們的業務、財務狀況和前景可能 受到重大不利影響。
我們 收入成本歷來波動。如果我們的收入成本出現任何顯着增加,我們的毛利率可能會 減少,我們的業務運營和財務狀況可能會受到重大不利影響。
我們 收入通常來自項目,每個合同金額參考制定的投標價格確定 基於我們估計成本的一定加價。我們服務的定價根據具體情況確定,並取決於 各種因素,通常包括(i)服務範圍;(ii)分包服務類型的價格趨勢, 以及所需的材料和工具;(iii)項目的複雜性和地點;(iv)估計數量和類型 所需設備的數量;(v)客戶要求的完成時間;以及(vi)人力和財政資源的可用性。 我們將不時審查成本預算。如果實際成本高於最初預算,可能會降低我們的利潤率 並影響我們的財務表現。如果我們未能將成本控制在初始預算內,我們的業務運營和財務結果 可能會受到不利影響。
的 已完成工作的實際總價值可能與我們與客戶的合同中規定的原始估計合同金額不同。
我們的 在項目實施期間,客戶可以通過以下方式要求增加、減少或更改超出合同範圍的工程 向我們下變更訂單。我們可以從項目中獲得的總收入可能不同於 由於我們的客戶下了變更訂單,相關合同中規定的原始估計合同金額。因此,有 不能保證最終與客戶商定的費用和收費金額足以收回所產生的成本 或爲我們提供合理的利潤率,或從我們的項目中獲得的收入金額不會有實質性的差異 我們的財政狀況可能會受到不利影響。 由於訂單變更導致我們的收入減少,儘管公司會定期審查我們項目的狀況。 因此,我們不能保證我們未來的收入和利潤率將保持在與記錄相當的水平 在截至2024年3月31日、2023年和2022年3月31日的財政年度內。
任何 重大不準確的成本估計或成本超支可能會對我們的財務業績產生不利影響。
當 在確定投標價格時,我們的管理層將考慮到(i)範圍來估計項目涉及的時間和成本 工程;(ii)分包服務類型以及所需材料的價格趨勢;(iii)複雜性和地點 項目的;(iv)所需設備的估計數量和類型;(v)客戶要求的完成時間;和(vi) 我們的勞動力和財政資源的可用性。
那裏 並不保證我們項目執行期間發生的實際時間和成本不會超過我們的估計。 完成項目的實際時間和成本可能會受到許多因素的不利影響,包括不可預見的 現場條件、惡劣的天氣條件、事故、我們分包商的不履行、成本意外大幅增加 同意由我們承擔的材料數量、我們的客戶要求的整改工程量意外增加以及其他 不可預見的問題和情況。對項目涉及的時間和成本的任何重大不準確估計都可能導致 工程完工延遲和/或成本超支,這反過來可能會對我們的財務狀況、盈利能力產生重大不利影響 和流動性。我們通常承擔項目延誤和成本超支的風險,而且我們通常無法轉嫁這些成本 致我們的客戶。
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如果 我們不遵守某些法律,可能會被暫停或禁止簽約,這可能會產生重大不利影響 關於我們的生意。
各種 我們的運營所遵守的法規,例如《工廠及工業經營條例》(第32章)。香港法律第59條)、 建築工地(安全)法規(第32章)香港法律第59 I條)、工廠及工業企業(安全主任及 安全監督員)法規(第12章香港法律第59 Z條)、《工廠及工業經營(安全管理)規則》 (大寫。香港法律第59 AF章)和《職業安全及健康條例》(第59 AF章)。香港法律第509條),涉及 施工過程中的健康和安全以及各種其他法規規定了酌情暫停和/或禁止 在某些情況下。
的 任何暫停或禁止的範圍和持續時間可能會根據特定案件的事實以及法定或監管而有所不同 禁止入境的理由。任何暫停或禁止簽約將對我們的財務狀況、結果產生重大不利影響 運營或流動性的。
不滿意 我們分包商的表現或分包商的不可用可能會對我們的運營和盈利能力產生不利影響。
我們 注重項目管理和監督在項目實施中的作用,我們一般聘請分包商履行 工地的一部分在我們的監督下工作。爲了控制和確保我們分包商的工程質量和進度, 我們根據分包商的服務質量、資質、技能和技術、現行市場價格、交貨期來選擇分包商。 時間,資源的可用性,以滿足我們的要求和聲譽。不能保證我們分包商的工作質量 總能滿足我們的要求。我們可能會受到分包商不履行、不適當或質量不佳的工程的影響。 此類事件可能會影響我們的盈利能力、財務表現和聲譽。此外,不能保證我們會 總是能夠在需要時從合適的分包商那裏獲得服務,或者能夠協商出可接受的費用和服務條款 與分包商合作。在這種情況下,我們的運營和財務狀況可能會受到不利影響。
在 如果我們的分包商未能遵守客戶提出的安全指南和其他要求,我們可能會承擔責任 向我們的客戶支付他們產生的費用和罰款。儘管我們有權獲得分包商的補償 對於分包協議下的此類處罰,我們可能無法向此類分包商索賠以維持 與我們的主要分包商建立穩定的關係。在這種情況下,我們可能會承擔我們的額外費用和罰款 分包商未能遵守我們客戶施加的安全程序和其他要求。
我們 依賴第三方供應材料來運營我們的業務。
我們 從我們的供應商購買材料以提供我們的服務。來自我們供應商的主要材料類型包括 波特蘭水泥、水硬性石灰、混凝土塊、集料和沙子。我們無法向您保證我們良好的工作關係 未來將繼續與我們的供應商合作。此外,我們的行業歷史上也曾出現過供應短缺的時期。
的 無法購買材料可能會嚴重影響我們的業務。如果我們的供應商遇到價格上漲或中斷 業務,例如勞資糾紛、供應短缺或分銷問題、我們的業務、財務狀況、運營結果、 流動性和現金流可能會受到重大不利影響。
我們 可能無法在我們競爭激烈的行業中進行有利的競爭。
一些 我們的競爭對手可能具有一定的優勢,包括但不限於具有悠久的經營歷史、更好的融資能力 以及發達的技術專業知識。新參與者可能希望進入該行業,前提是他們擁有適當的技能, 當地經驗、必要的設備、資本,並且獲得相關監管機構授予必要的許可或批准。 競爭的任何顯着加劇都可能導致營業利潤率下降和市場份額損失,這可能會對我們的 盈利能力和經營業績。
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期間 截至2024年3月31日、2023年和2022年3月31日的財年,我們的五大客戶佔我們的很大一部分 總營收
一 我們收入的很大一部分來自有限數量的客戶。我們本財年的五大客戶結束 2024年、2023年和2022年3月31日分別佔我們相應收入的91.7%、93.4%和92.8% 分別是時期。特別是,我們的一位頂級客戶貢獻了我們約62.2%、42.1%和23.6%的收入 截至2024年3月31日、2023年和2022年3月31日的財年總收入。我們的客戶逐個項目參與其中 基礎無法保證我們未來將繼續從主要客戶獲得合同。是否存在顯著 主要客戶授予的項目數量減少,無法獲得同等規模的合適項目 以及其他客戶的替代品數量,我們的財務狀況和經營業績將受到重大不利影響。
環境, 健康和安全法律和法規以及此類法律和法規的任何變更或由此產生的責任可能會產生重大影響 對我們的財務狀況、運營業績和流動性產生不利影響。
我們 運營受到嚴格而複雜的法律和法規的約束,管理物質排入環境、健康 以及我們運營的安全方面或與環境保護相關的其他方面。這些法律和法規可能會施加許多 適用於我們運營的義務,包括:在開展受監管的活動之前獲得許可證或其他批准; 對可以釋放到環境中的物質的類型、數量和濃度的限制;限制或 禁止在荒野、濕地和其他保護區內的某些土地上進行活動;具體的適用 解決工人保護的健康和安全標準;並對我們造成的污染承擔重大責任 運營
一 許多政府當局有權強制遵守這些法律和法規以及根據其頒發的許可證。 此類執法行動通常涉及困難且代價高昂的合規措施或糾正行動。未能遵守這些法律 和法規可能會導致對制裁的評估,包括行政、民事或刑事處罰、自然資源損害, 施加調查或補救義務,以及發布限制或禁止我們部分或全部業務的命令。 此外,我們可能會在獲得或無法獲得所需許可時遇到延誤,這可能會延遲或中斷我們的運營 並限制我們的增長和收入。
某些 環境法規定嚴格責任(即,無需證明「過錯」)或承擔共同責任 補救和恢復儲存或釋放危險物質、碳氫化合物或固體廢物的場所所需的費用。 我們可能被要求對我們或第三方設施當前或以前擁有或運營的受污染的財產進行補救, 收到我們運營產生的廢物,無論此類污染是否由他人行為或後果造成 我們自己的行動在採取這些行動時是否符合所有適用法律。此外,存在 我們擁有、租賃或運營的房產的污染可能會導致運營成本增加或限制我們的能力 按預期使用這些屬性。
在 在某些情況下,如果我們不遵守環境規定,公民團體也有能力對我們提起法律訴訟 法律或挑戰我們獲得運營所需的環境許可證的能力。此外,對人身或人身損害的索賠 財產(包括自然資源)可能源於我們的運營對環境、健康和安全的影響。我們的保險 可能無法承保所有環境風險和成本,或者如果針對我們提出環境索賠,可能無法提供足夠的承保範圍。 此外,近年來,公眾對保護環境的興趣急劇增加。更加擴張和嚴格的趨勢 適用於我們行業的環境立法和法規可能會繼續下去,導致開展業務的成本增加, 從而影響盈利能力。
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我們 可能無法有效實施我們的業務計劃以實現未來的增長。
我們的 擴展計劃是基於對香港和香港濕貨行業市場前景的前瞻性評估。 不能保證這樣的評估將被證明總是正確的,或者它將能夠按計劃發展我們的業務。擴展 計劃可能會受到一些我們無法控制的因素的影響。這些因素包括但不限於經濟狀況的變化。 在香港,濕貨行業的供求變化、工程服務及與濕貨行業有關的政府法規 工業界。我們未來的增長有賴於我們有能力改善我們的行政、技術和運營基礎設施。AS 隨著業務的擴大,我們在管理業務時可能會遇到一系列困難,例如:(一)產生足夠的 內部流動資金或為資本需求獲得外部融資,以及(2)分配其資源和管理其關係 擁有越來越多的客戶、供應商和其他業務夥伴。不能保證未來的增長會成為現實。 或者我們將能夠有效地管理未來的增長,如果做不到這一點,將對我們的業務產生實質性的不利影響, 財務狀況和經營業績。
我們 持續的成功需要我們在競爭激烈的行業中雇用、培訓和留住合格的人員和分包商。
的 我們業務的成功取決於我們吸引、培訓和留住合格、可靠的人員的能力,包括但不限於 致我們的行政人員和主要管理人員,例如林啟明先生。此外,我們業務的成功運營 取決於擁有必要和所需經驗的項目管理人員、其他員工和合格分包商 和專業知識,以及誰將以合理且有競爭力的價格提供各自的服務。這些和其他經驗豐富的競爭 人員緊張。因此,可能很難吸引和留住具有必要專業知識和能力的合格個人 我們客戶要求的時間表。
在 此外,提供服務的成本,包括我們利用勞動力的程度,會影響我們的盈利能力。為 例如,合同授予時間的不確定性可能會給我們的員工規模與合同相匹配帶來困難。如果是預期 合同授予被推遲或未收到,我們可能會因員工過剩或設施冗餘而產生成本,這些設施可能會導致 對我們的業務、財務狀況和運營運績產生重大不利影響。
失敗 可靠、及時地完成我們的項目可能會對我們的聲譽、財務業績產生重大影響,或者可能會受到 我們索賠。
的 與客戶簽訂的合同通常包含違約金條款,根據該條款,我們有責任向我們的客戶支付違約金 如果我們無法在合同規定的時間內交付或執行合同工程,則向客戶提供賠償。違約金 一般按每天固定金額確定。
延遲 由於各種不可預見的因素,例如人力短缺、分包商的延誤、工業 事故和材料交付延誤。如果我們在項目完成方面出現任何延誤,我們可能有責任付款 合同項下的違約金。我們無法保證我們現有和未來的項目不會出現任何延誤 與違約金相關的索賠,這反過來又將對我們的聲譽、業務、財務狀況產生不利影響 和運營結果。
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我們 運營受到可能導致人身傷害或財產損失的特殊危險,使我們承擔責任和可能的 保險可能不承保的損失。
操作 我們業務中固有的危險(其中一些可能超出了我們的控制範圍)可能會導致人身傷害和生命損失、損害或 財產、廠房和設備的破壞以及環境的破壞。我們按金額和風險維持保險範圍 我們認為符合行業實踐,但該保險可能不足以或無法涵蓋所有損失或責任 我們在運營中可能發生的情況。
我們 保險單有不同水平的免賠額。我們的免賠額以內的損失是根據我們的估計累積的 已發生索賠的最終責任以及已發生但未報告的索賠的估計。然而,須保險的責任 由於未知因素,包括傷害的嚴重程度、我們責任的確定比例等,很難估計 向其他各方提供未報告事件的數量以及我們安全計劃的有效性。如果我們要體驗保險 索賠或成本超出我們的估計,我們可能需要使用營運資金來滿足這些索賠,而不是使用營運資金 維持或擴大我們的運營。
某些 本招股說明書中的數據和信息來自第三方來源,未經我們獨立驗證。
我們 已聘請Frost & Sullivan委託編寫一份分析香港建築業的行業報告。信息 與香港建築業相關的數據來自Frost & Sullivan的行業報告。統計 Frost & Sullivan報告中包含的數據還包括基於許多假設的預測。建築業 可能不會按照市場數據預測的速度增長,甚至根本不會增長。香港建築業未能按預期增長 利率可能會對我們的業務和普通股的市場價格產生重大不利影響。此外,如果有任何一個或多個 市場數據的假設後來被發現不正確,實際結果可能與基於 這些假設。
我們 尚未獨立驗證Frost & Sullivan報告或任何第三方出版物中包含的數據和信息 以及Frost & Sullivan在編寫報告時所依賴的報告。此類第三方出版物中包含的數據和信息 並且可能會使用第三方方法收集報告,該方法可能與我們使用的數據收集方法不同。此外, 這些行業出版物和報告通常表明其中包含的信息被認為是可靠的,但確實 不保證此類信息的準確性和完整性。
我們 未來可能需要籌集額外資本用於運營資本、資本支出和/或收購,但我們可能無法 以優惠條件或根本不這樣做,這將損害我們運營運務或實現增長目標的能力。
我們 持續產生現金的能力對於為我們的持續運營提供資金、進行收購和償還債務至關重要。 現有現金餘額和運營現金流以及借貸能力不足以進行投資 或收購或提供所需的運營資金,我們可能需要其他來源的額外融資。我們獲得這樣的能力 未來的額外融資將部分取決於當前的資本市場狀況以及我們的業務狀況 經營結果。這些因素可能會影響我們以我們可以接受的條款安排額外融資的努力。
Furthermore, if global economic, political or other market conditions adversely affect the financial institutions that provide credit to us, it is possible that our ability to draw upon credit facilities may be impacted. If adequate funds are not available, or are not available on acceptable terms, we may not be able to make future investments, take advantage of acquisitions or other opportunities, or respond to competitive challenges, resulting in loss of market share, each of which could have a material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations, cash flows and liquidity.
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Our lack of effective internal controls over financial reporting may affect our ability to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud which may affect the market for and price of our Ordinary Shares.
We are a private company with limited accounting personnel and other resources for addressing our internal control over financial reporting. Our management has not completed an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and our independent registered public accounting firm has not conducted an audit of our internal control over financial reporting. However, in connection with the audits of our consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, we identified certain material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. A “material weakness” is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
The material weaknesses identified related to (1) our lack of sufficient full-time personnel with appropriate levels of accounting knowledge and experience to monitor the daily recording of transactions, address complex U.S. GAAP accounting issues and to prepare and review financial statements and related disclosures under U.S. GAAP; and (2) our lack of a functional internal audit department or personnel that monitors the consistencies of the preventive internal control procedures as well as adequate policies and procedures in internal audit function to ensure that our policies and procedures have been carried out as planned.
Our management has implemented and is currently taking the steps necessary to remediate the underlying causes of these material weaknesses, including (i) conducting regular and continuous U.S. GAAP training programs and webinars for our financial reporting and accounting personnel; (ii) established three committees under the board of directors: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (see “Management” for details); (iii) actively hiring more qualified staff to fill up the key roles in the operations; and (iv) setting up a financial and system control framework with formal documentation of polices and controls in place. However, we cannot assure you that these measures may fully address the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting or that we may not identify additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the future.
我們 受制於我們維持內部控制的要求,以及管理層定期對有效性進行評估 內部控制。對財務報告進行有效的內部控制對於防止舞弊很重要。因此,我們的業務, 我們的財務狀況、經營結果和前景,以及我們普通股的市場和交易價格可能 如果我們沒有有效的內部控制,將受到實質性和不利的影響。在首次公開募股之前,我們是一傢俬人公司 資源有限的公司。因此,我們可能不會及時發現任何問題以及現有和潛在的股東 可能對我們的財務報告失去信心,這將損害運營子公司的業務和交易價格 我們的普通股。對財務報告缺乏內部控制可能會抑制投資者購買我們的普通股 這可能會使我們更難通過債務或股權融資來籌集資金。
額外 未來可能會發現重大弱點或重大缺陷。如果我們發現此類問題或無法生產 準確及時的財務報表,我們的普通股價格可能會下跌,我們可能無法維持與納斯達克的合規性 上市規則。
我們 面臨與我們的貿易應收帳款和合同資產的可收回性相關的信用風險。
一 合同資產代表我們向客戶收取對價的權利,以換取我們已轉讓的濕貿易工程的提供 對客戶來說這還不是無條件的。當我們根據相關合同提供濕貿易工程時,就會產生合同資產 但工程尚未得到建築師、工料測量師或客戶和/或我們任命的其他代表的認證 付款權仍然取決於時間流逝以外的因素。之前確認為合同資產的任何金額均為 當我們的付款權隨著時間的推移而成為無條件時,重新分類為貿易應收帳款。
那裡 不保證我們能夠就根據付款條款完成的服務向所有或任何部分合同資產收取費用 並且無法保證我們的客戶將及時並在 相應地充滿。此外,無法保證我們的客戶會按時全額結算我們的發票。的情況下 我們無法在付款期限內或根本無法收回大部分貿易應收帳款、現金流和財務 職位將受到不利影響。收取我們大部分貿易應收帳款和合同資產時有任何困難 可能會對我們的現金流和財務狀況產生重大不利影響。
我們 是一家控股公司,其運營現金的主要來源是從我們的運營子公司收到的收入。
我們 取決於我們的運營子公司產生的收入來對股份進行分配和股息。的量 我們的運營子公司可能向我們支付的分配和股息(如果有的話)將取決於許多因素,包括 此類子公司的經營運績和財務狀況、適用法律規定的股息限制、其憲法 文件、管轄任何債務的文件以及可能超出我們控制範圍的其他因素。如果我們的運營子公司這樣做 如果無法產生足夠的現金流,我們可能無法對股份進行分配和股息。
我們 大股東對我們的公司事務具有相當大的影響力。
先生。 我們已發行和已發行普通股的發行後基準,假設承銷商不行使購買選擇權 增加普通股及假設林先生根據回售招股章程立即出售全部500,000股普通股。 林志明先生將在需要股東批准的公司事務上擁有相當大的影響力,並將獨立控制 公司的運作,包括但不限於選舉董事和批准重大合併、收購或其他 企業合併交易記錄。這種集中控制將限制你影響公司事務的能力,還可能會阻礙 其他人不得進行任何潛在的合併、接管或其他控制權變更交易,這可能會導致 我們普通股的持有者有機會以高於當前市場價格的溢價出售他們的股票。
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我們 大股東可能與我們存在潛在利益衝突,這可能會對我們的業務產生重大不利影響, 財務狀況。
因為 我們的大股東對我們的公司事務具有相當大的影響力,他的利益可能與 我們公司的整體利益。例如,股東可以任命沒有必要經驗的董事和管理層, 由於他們的隸屬關係或忠誠度,因此無法正確管理我們的公司,此類行為可能會對我們的公司造成重大不利影響 影響我們的業務和財務狀況。目前,我們沒有任何安排來解決雙方之間潛在的利益衝突 股東和我們的公司。如果我們無法解決我們與股東之間的任何利益衝突或糾紛,我們會 不得不依賴法律訴訟,這可能會擾亂我們的業務,並使我們對任何訴訟的結果面臨重大不確定性 這樣的法律訴訟。
如果 我們未能有效且具有成本效益地宣傳和維護我們的品牌,我們的業務和運營成果可能會受到損害。
我們 相信有效地發展和保持我們品牌的知名度對於吸引新客戶和留住現有客戶至關重要。 我們品牌的成功推廣和吸引客戶的能力在很大程度上取決於我們營銷工作的有效性, 我們用於推廣服務的渠道的成功。我們未來的營銷工作可能需要我們承擔額外的費用。 這些努力可能不會在不久的將來或根本不會導致收入增加,即使確實如此,收入的任何增加都可能 不抵消產生的費用。如果我們未能成功推廣和維護我們的品牌,同時產生巨額費用,我們的 運營運績和財務狀況將受到不利影響,這可能會損害我們發展業務的能力。
我們 可能會受到智慧財產權侵權索賠,辯護成本可能很高,並且可能會擾亂我們的業務和運營。
我們 無法確定我們的運營或我們業務的任何方面沒有或不會侵犯或以其他方式侵犯商標, 第三方持有的專利、版權、專有技術或其他智慧財產權。未來我們可能會時不時 受到與他人智慧財產權相關的法律訴訟和索賠的影響。此外,可能還有第三方 我們的產品、服務或其他侵犯的商標、專利、版權、專有技術或其他智慧財產權 在我們不知情的情況下處理我們業務的各個方面。此類智慧財產權的持有者可能會尋求執行此類智慧財產權 在香港、美國或其他司法管轄區針對我們的權利。如果針對第三方侵權索賠 我們可能被迫將管理層的時間和其他資源從我們的業務和運營中轉移出來,以抵禦這些索賠, 無論他們的優點如何。
任何 COVID-19爆發的惡化可能會對我們的運營和財務狀況產生不利影響。
的 香港首例COVID-19確診病例於2020年1月首次報告。此後發生了多輪疫情 香港的COVID-19死亡率。政府已宣布採取各種措施,包括旅行限制和安全距離措施 以降低COVID-19本地傳播的風險。無法保證香港爆發的COVID-19能夠有效地 受到控制或政府不會採取更嚴格的措施,例如關閉實體工作場所、全面關閉 暫停所有商業、社交及其他活動,以及其他封鎖政策,以控制COVID-19的傳播。
之間 2022年1月和2022年4月,香港因SARS-CoV-2 Omicron爆發第五波COVID-19 變體。自2020年初以來,COVID-19大流行對香港建築業產生了負面影響。例如, 出現COVID-19確診病例的項目工地的建築活動暫時暫停長達兩周, 消毒自2022年初以來,由於供應鏈和 跨境運輸中斷。自2023年初至本招股說明書日期,在香港的業務活動 金剛已恢復正常。
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雖然 截至本招股說明書日期,如果存在以下情況,我們的任何項目均未經歷任何重大延誤: 如果我們的任何建築工地發生類似事件,可能會導致重大中斷或延誤。由此就可以 對我們按時完成項目的能力產生不利影響,從而損害我們的聲譽、業務和財務狀況 以及我們與客戶的關係。此外,如果長期停牌,我們的毛利率可能會受到不利影響 由於COVID-19,我們可能不得不承擔額外的成本:(i)加班並雇用額外的分包商 恢復工作,避免項目未能按原計劃完成;及(ii)相關租金費用 由於我們不被允許進入現場將任何閒置設備調動到其他建築工地,因此需要額外的設備。
的 香港進一步爆發COVID-19可能對香港經濟產生重大不利影響,可能導致 房地產市場放緩以及香港現有的濕貿易工程項目的供應量減少。的任何惡化 COVID-19的爆發還可能導致勞動力短缺、工人薪津上漲和/或我們的業務中斷 以暫時暫停或延遲的形式進行運營。我們無法向您保證我們不會遇到任何項目延誤。我們可能 由於未來的疫情爆發,無法按照計劃的規範、進度和預算完成項目 在COVID-19的任何亞變體浪潮中,這反過來可能會讓我們面臨客戶潛在的違約金索賠, 這可能會對我們的聲譽產生不利影響,並對我們的業務和財務狀況以及我們的運營運績產生不利影響。
我們 如果我們的任何員工或分包商的員工涉嫌承包或承包,運營也可能受到負面影響 已感染COVID-19,因為這可能需要我們和我們的分包商隔離部分或所有相關員工, 對我們的項目現場和設施進行消毒。如果這些不利影響成為現實並持續很長一段時間,他們可能會 對我們的業務運營和財務業績產生重大不利影響。
在 此外,如果政府採取進一步措施來遏制COVID-19的傳播,包括進口管制或封鎖政策 在全市範圍內,無法保證我們的供應商能夠(a)在不 中斷;和/或(b)毫不拖延地向我們提供服務、材料或分包服務,並且不保證 如果此類措施持續存在,我們將能夠及時從替代供應商採購服務、材料或分包服務 持續了很長一段時間。
事件 例如流行病、自然災害、惡劣天氣條件、政治動盪和恐怖襲擊可能會顯著推遲,或 甚至阻止我們完成我們的項目。
我們的 運營受到我們無法控制的不確定性和意外事件的影響,這可能會導致我們的運營發生實質性中斷 並對我們的業務造成不利影響。其中包括流行病、自然災害、火災、惡劣天氣條件、政治動亂、戰爭。 和恐怖襲擊。任何此類事件都可能導致我們減少或停止運營,對我們的業務運營造成不利影響,增加 我們的成本和/或阻止我們完成我們的項目,其中任何一個都可能對我們的業務、財務 手術的條件和結果。
在……裏面 這樣的事件,我們的業務運營也可能會因爲對投資者信心和風險偏好的負面影響而嚴重中斷, 發行人及擬上市申請人的集資活動、宏觀經濟狀況及財務狀況 在香港。我們的業務運作、財務狀況以及本招股說明書所預期的集資活動 可能會因此受到實質性和不利的影響。
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失敗 維護建築工地的安全和/或實施我們的安全管理體系可能會導致人身傷害、財產損失的發生 損害賠償、致命事故或暫停或不更新我們在註冊專業貿易承包商計劃下的註冊 建造業議會。
到期 就建築地盤的工程性質而言,工人發生意外或受傷的風險是固有的。儘管我們的職業 我們的員工和我們分包商的員工必須遵守的健康和安全措施,導致 人身傷害、財產損失和/或致命事故仍然是工作場所的固有風險。不能保證會有 我們的員工或我們分包商的員工不得違反我們的安全措施或其他相關規章制度。 任何這種違規行爲都可能導致更高的發生概率和/或更嚴重的人身傷害、財產損失 及/或工作地點發生致命意外,可能對我們的業務運作及財務狀況造成重大不利影響 不在保險單承保範圍內。此外,未能維護安全建築工地和/或實施安全管理 導致嚴重人身傷害或致命事故發生的措施可能會導致負面宣傳和/或暫停 或根據建造業議會的註冊專門工程承建商計劃不獲續期。 反過來,我們的聲譽、財務狀況和經營結果也會受到不利影響。
在……裏面 此外,我們的員工和我們分包商的員工的任何人身傷害和/或致命事故都可能導致索賠或其他 針對我們的法律訴訟。任何該等索償或法律程序可能會對本行的財政狀況造成不利及重大影響。 保單不承保的範圍。此外,儘管有任何此類索賠或法律程序的是非曲直,我們需要轉移 管理資源,併產生額外的費用來處理這些問題。因此,任何此類索賠或法律程序都可能有實質性的 並對我們的業務運營造成不利影響。
雖然 由於建築行業工程的性質,工人發生事故或受傷的風險是固有的,例如事故記錄 可能會對我們的行業聲譽產生不利影響,這反過來又可能會影響我們收到潛在新人招標的前景 客戶或獲得我們現有和潛在新客戶的未來投標。此外,我們可能不得不承擔 加強安全管理措施的額外費用,例如招聘額外的安全監督人員,這可能會 對我們的盈利能力產生不利影響。
那裡 不保證我們能夠根據建築業的註冊專門貿易承包商計劃續簽註冊 行業委員會。
分包商 參與政府發起的公共部門項目的人員通常需要擁有已註冊的註冊 建造業議會專業貿易承包商計劃。註冊專業行業的註冊續期 承包商計劃每三年或五年需要一次,通常需要具備一定的技術和相關行業經驗 要求.無法保證我們將來每次都能夠續訂此類註冊。如果不續約 此類註冊、我們的聲譽、我們獲得未來業務的能力以及我們的業務和財務狀況和前景 可能會受到重大不利影響。
我們 可能是不時法律訴訟的一方,我們無法向您保證此類法律訴訟不會產生重大不利影響 對我們業務的影響。特別是,可能存在潛在的員工賠償索賠和人身傷害索賠。
我們 可能參與客戶、分包商、工人和其他各方的各種索賠和訴訟 時不時地關心我們的工作。這類索賠可能特別包括僱員的賠償索賠和人身傷害。 就因僱員在受僱工作期間所發生的意外而蒙受人身傷害的申索 受傷的工人。我們不能保證我們不會捲入任何索賠或法律程序,也不能向您保證 任何此類索賠或法律程序都不會對我們的業務產生實質性的不利影響。如果有任何針對我們的索賠落在外面 保險範圍和/或限額,我們的財務狀況可能會受到不利影響。不管任何懸而未決的 和潛在的索賠,我們需要轉移管理資源並產生額外成本來處理這些索賠,這可能會影響我們的公司 如果它們是由媒體發佈的,那麼它們的形象和聲譽。如果上述索賠被成功地針對我們提出並且不在承保範圍內 根據保險單,我們可能需要支付損害賠償和法律費用,這反過來可能會對我們的經營業績和 財務狀況。
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我們 保險範圍可能不足以涵蓋潛在的責任。
某些 本節其他地方披露的風險,例如與客戶集中度有關的風險、我們獲得新合同的能力、我們的 保留和吸引人員的能力、分包商的可用性和績效、項目和成本管理、我們的能力 維護和更新我們的註冊、信用風險和流動性風險通常不受保險承保,因為它們要麼 不可保險或承保此類風險的成本不合理。保險單涵蓋戰爭行為、恐怖主義行為、 或者自然災害要麼無法發生,要麼成本高昂。
此外, 我們可能承擔我們沒有充分保險或根本沒有保險的責任,或者無法保險的責任。 如果因事故、自然災害或其他未承保或不充分的事件而產生任何重大責任 在我們的保險範圍內,我們的業務可能會受到不利影響,可能導致資產損失、訴訟、員工賠償 義務或其他形式的經濟損失。
我們 無法保證我們當前的保險水平足以覆蓋所有潛在的風險和損失。此外,我們不能 保證我們可以更新我們的保單,或者可以按照類似或其他可接受的條款更新我們的保單。如果我們遭受嚴重的意外 損失或損失遠超過保單限額,可能會對我們的業務、財務狀況、 運營結果和前景。
可能 難以招募足夠的勞動力或勞動力成本大幅增加可能會阻礙我們未來的業務戰略。
這個 香港濕貨行業一直面臨著勞動力短缺和勞動力老齡化的問題。勞動力的供給和成本 受市場勞動力供應和香港經濟因素(包括通脹)的影響。 利率和生活水準。不能保證勞動力和勞動力成本的供應會穩定。此外,最低 《工資條例》(香港法例第608章)規定,僱員有權就任何工資期獲支付工資 不少於最低工資,參考訂明的最低每小時工資率(現時定為港幣40元)計算 每小時(2023年5月1日起生效)。不能保證法定最低工資在未來不會增加。 如果我們或我們的分包商未能及時保留現有勞動力和/或招聘足夠的勞動力來應對 我們現有或未來工作的需求和/或勞動力成本的大幅增加,我們可能無法完成 我們的工作按計劃和/或在預算範圍內完成,我們的運營和盈利能力可能會受到不利影響。
濕 貿易工作通常是勞動密集型的,我們無法確定在需要時是否有足夠的工人來完成項目。甚至 儘管我們通常不雇用工人進行濕貿易工作,而是雇用直接雇用工人的分包商, 勞動力成本被計入分包商的價格中。勞動力成本的任何意外上漲都可能由我們承擔並可能減少 我們的利潤率。此外,如果報價必須提高才能充分考慮,潛在客戶可能會猶豫是否與我們合作 未來勞動力成本的任何預期增長。
波動 價位可能會對我們的經營運績和普通股價格產生重大不利影響。
我們 收入和費用將主要以港元計價。港元兌美金的價位 可能會波動並可能受到政治和經濟狀況變化等因素的影響。儘管之間的價位 港元自1983年以來一直與美金掛鈎,我們無法向您保證港元將繼續與美金掛鈎 兌美金。
我們的 我們的業務在香港進行,我們的賬簿和記錄保存在香港。美元,即香港的貨幣,以及 我們向美國證券交易委員會提交並提供給股東的財務報表以美元表示。的變化 香港之間的匯率。美元和美元會影響我們的資產價值和我們的運營結果 以美元計價。任何顯著的波動 港元與美元之間的匯率變動,可能會對我們的收入和財政狀況產生重大不利影響。 例如,我們被要求將我們從此次發行中獲得的美元兌換成港元,用於我們的 操作上,港元兌美元匯率的波動會對 我們從轉換中獲得的金額。我們沒有使用任何遠期合約、期貨、掉期或貨幣借款來對沖我們的風險敞口。 外匯風險。
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我們 企業容易受到政府政策和宏觀經濟狀況的影響。
這個 香港建築業的市場增長與政府政策和宏觀經濟環境密切相關。尤其是, 在經濟低迷時期,由於財政預算有限,房地產開發商和租戶在投資資本方面更為保守。 資源,翻新他們的生活空間,選擇高端產品,如從海外進口的傢俱和大理石。論 另一方面,政府的政策,例如市區重建及發展計劃和賣地計劃,可能會影響土地的供應。 地產發展商在香港進行建築工程,以及隨後對濕行業的需求可能惡化。事實上,根據 在地政總署,賣地面積已由2016/17年度的約32.38萬平方米下降至約 2023/24年3.48萬平方米。因此,過度依賴政府政策和週期性的問題 建造工程的減少可能會對香港濕貨行業工程市場的發展造成不利影響。
我們面臨總體經濟風險 經濟低迷和市場狀況惡化,例如中美貿易衝突。
由於我們的業務和運營總部位於香港 在香港,我們的業務增長主要取決於香港和中國的經濟和市場狀況。市場情況 直接受到全球和當地政治和經濟環境的影響,例如 中美貿易衝突。香港整體經濟環境突然下滑或政治環境發生變化, 超出我們控制範圍的中國可能會對整個金融市場情緒產生不利影響。市場和經濟嚴重波動 情緒還可能導致房地產和建築行業長期表現低迷。因此,我們的收入 和盈利能力可能會波動,我們無法向您保證我們將能夠及時保持我們的歷史財務業績 經濟狀況困難或不穩定。
在香港開展業務的相關風險
洪 Kong的法律體系正在不斷發展,並且存在固有的不確定性,這可能會限制您可以獲得的法律保護。
為 截至2024年、2023年和2022年3月31日的財年,我們的收入來自香港的濕貿易工程。香港 法律體系包含不確定性,這可能會限制您和我們可用的法律保護。
作為 香港主權移交給中華人民共和國的條件之一,中華人民共和國必須接受一些條件,例如香港 香港回歸前的基本法。《基本法》確保香港將保留自己的合法貨幣(港元) 制度、議會制度以及人民的權利和自由從1997年開始五十年。該協議為香港提供了 高度自治地運作的自由。香港特別行政區負責自己的國內事務 事務包括但不限於司法部門和最後法院、移民和海關、公共財政、貨幣和 引渡。香港繼續使用英國普通法制度。
一些人 國際觀察員和人權組織對相對享有的政治自由的未來表示懷疑 在香港和中華人民共和國的承諾下,允許香港高度自治。2020年7月14日,美國簽署了一項 終止香港在一九九七年後享有的特殊地位的行政命令。由於目前享有的自主權可能會受到損害,它可能會 可能會影響香港的普通法法律制度,進而可能會在執法方面帶來不確定性,例如 我們的合同權利。事實上,如果中華人民共和國違背其允許香港自治的協定,這可能會 可能會影響香港的普通法法律制度,並可能在執法方面帶來不明朗因素,例如 我們的合同權利。這反過來又可能對我們的業務和運營產生實質性的不利影響。此外,知識分子 香港的產權和保密保護措施可能不如美國或其他國家那麼有效。因此, 我們無法預測香港法律制度未來發展的影響,包括頒佈新法律、改變 現行法律或對其的解釋或執行,或國家法律對地方性法規的搶佔。這些不確定性 可能會限制我們可獲得的法律保護,包括我們執行與客戶協定的能力。
的 制定《中華人民共和國香港特別行政區維護國家安全法》(「香港國家 《證券法》)可能會影響我們在香港的運營子公司。
在……上面 2020年6月30日,中華人民共和國全國人民代表大會常務委員會通過了香港國家安全法。這部法律 界定香港《國家安全法》維護國家安全的職責和政府機構,以及四大類 罪行-分裂國家、顛覆、恐怖活動和與外國或外部分子勾結以危害 國家安全--以及他們相應的懲罰。2020年7月14日,前美國總統總裁唐納德·特朗普簽署了香港 香港自治法,或稱HKAA,成為法律,授權美國政府對個人和實體實施阻止制裁 他們被認定對侵蝕香港的自治權起到了重大作用。2020年8月7日,美國政府 對包括香港特別行政區前行政長官林鄭月娥在內的11名個人實施香港機場管理局授權的制裁。2020年10月14日, 美國國務院向國會相關委員會提交了根據HKAA要求的報告,確定了有重大貢獻的人 “中國政府未能履行”聯合聲明“或”基本法“所規定的義務。”香港機場管理局 進一步授權對知情的外國金融機構實施二級制裁,包括實施封鎖制裁 與根據這一授權受到制裁的外國人員進行重大交易。實施制裁可能會直接影響到 外國金融機構以及與目標外國金融機構進行交易的任何第三方或客戶。 很難預測《香港國家安全法》和香港機管局對香港和位於香港的公司的全面影響。 孔令輝。如我們在香港的營運附屬公司被裁定違反香港國家安全法或香港機管局 如果受到主管當局的影響,我們的業務運營、財務狀況和運營結果可能會受到實質性的不利影響。
納斯達克 可能會對我們的繼續上市應用額外且更嚴格的標準。
納斯達克 上市規則第5101條賦予納斯達克廣泛的酌情決定權,決定證券在納斯達克和 納斯達克可能會利用這一酌情權拒絕首次上市,對首次或繼續上市適用額外或更嚴格的標準 根據存在或發生的任何事件、條件或情況,對特定證券進行停牌或退市 這使得這些證券在納斯達克上首次或繼續上市是不可取的或沒有根據的,即使納斯達克認為 這些證券符合納斯達克首次或繼續上市的所有列舉標準。此外,納斯達克還利用其自由裁量權 拒絕首次或繼續列名,或在情況下適用額外和更嚴格的標準,包括但不限於(I) 如果公司聘請了一名未接受PCAOB檢查的審計師,或一名PCAOB不能檢查的審計師,或 沒有證明足夠的資源、地域範圍或經驗來充分執行公司審計的審計師; (Ii)如果公司計劃進行小規模公開募股,將導致內部人士持有公司上市公司的大部分股份 證券。納斯達克擔心,發行規模不足以確定該公司的初始估值,因此 將不會有足夠的流動資金支持公司的公開市場;以及(Iii)公司沒有證明有足夠的流動性 與美國資本市場的聯繫,包括沒有美國股東、業務或董事會或管理層成員。 對於上述任何擔憂,我們可能會受到納斯達克更多和更嚴格的標準的約束,才能繼續 上市,這可能會導致我們的普通股上市申請被推遲甚至被拒絕。
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如果 我們未能滿足適用的上市要求,納斯達克可能會將我們的普通股票退市res 在這種情況下,我們普通股的流動性和市場價格可能會下降。
我們 無法向您保證我們將能夠滿足持續的 未來納斯達克的上市標準。如果我們未能遵守適用的上市標準並且納斯達克將我們的普通股退市 股份,我們和我們的股東可能面臨重大重大不利後果,包括:
● | 一 我們普通股的市場報價有限; | |
● | 減少 我們普通股的流動性; | |
● | 一 確定我們的普通股是「細股」,這將需要行紀商在我們的普通股中進行交易 股票將遵守更嚴格的規則,並可能導致二級交易中交易活動水平下降 我們的普通股市場; | |
● | 一 關於我們的新聞和分析師對我們的報導數量有限;以及 | |
● | 一 我們未來發行額外股權證券或獲得額外股權或債務融資的能力下降。 |
The recent joint statement by the SEC and PCAOB, proposed rule changes submitted by Nasdaq, and the HFCAA 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. These developments could add uncertainties to our Offering.
On April 21, 2020, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and PCAOB Chairman William D. Duhnke III, along with other senior SEC staff, released a joint statement highlighting the risks associated with investing in companies based in or have substantial operations in emerging markets including China. The joint statement emphasized the risks associated with lack of access for the PCAOB to inspect auditors and audit work papers in China and higher risks of fraud in emerging markets.
On May 18, 2020, Nasdaq filed three proposals with the SEC to (i) apply minimum offering size requirement for companies primarily operating in “Restrictive Market”, (ii) adopt a new requirement relating to the qualification of management or board of director for Restrictive Market companies, and (iii) apply additional and more stringent criteria to an applicant or listed company based on the qualifications of the company’s auditors.
On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the HFCAA requiring a foreign company to certify it is not owned or controlled by a foreign government if the PCAOB is unable to audit specified reports because the company uses a foreign auditor not subject to PCAOB inspection. If the PCAOB is unable to inspect the company’s auditors for three consecutive years, the issuer’s securities are prohibited to trade on a national exchange. On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the HFCAA. On December 18, 2020, the HFCAA was signed into law. Additionally, in July 2020, the U.S. President’s Working Group on Financial Markets issued recommendations for actions that can be taken by the executive branch, the SEC, the PCAOB or other federal agencies and department with respect to Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges and their audit firms, in an effort to protect investors in the United States. In response, on November 23, 2020, the SEC issued guidance highlighting certain risks, and their implications to U.S. investors, associated with investments in China-based issuers and summarizing enhanced disclosures the SEC recommends China-based issuers make regarding such risks.
On December 2, 2021, the SEC adopted final amendments to its rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements of the HFCAA, which took effect on January 10, 2022. We will be required to comply with these rules if the SEC identifies us as having a “non-inspection” year, as defined in the rules, under a process to be subsequently established by the SEC. The SEC is assessing how to implement other requirements of the HFCAA, including the listing and trading prohibition requirements described above. Under the HFCAA, our securities may be prohibited from trading on the Nasdaq or other U.S. stock exchanges if our auditor is not inspected by the PCAOB for three consecutive years, and this ultimately could result in our shares being delisted. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, amending the HFCAA and requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three consecutive years, shortening the timeline for the application of the HPCAA’s delisting and trading prohibition from three years to two, and thus, would reduce the time before securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted. On September 22, 2021, the PCAOB adopted a final rule implementing the HFCAA, which provides a framework for the PCAOB to use when determining, as contemplated under the HFCAA, whether the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms located in a foreign jurisdiction because of a position taken by one or more authorities in that jurisdiction.
On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a determination report which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in: (1) mainland China of the People’s Republic of China; and (2) Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC, because of positions taken by PRC authorities in those jurisdictions, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022. Our current auditor, ZH CPA, LLC, is not headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong and was not identified by the PCAOB in its report on December 16, 2021 as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s determinations, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022.
On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol, or SOP, Agreement with the CSRC and China’s Ministry of Finance. The SOP, together with two protocol agreements governing inspections and investigation, establishes a specific, accountable framework to make possible complete inspections and investigations by the PCAOB of audit firms based in China and Hong Kong, as required under U.S. law. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB announced that it was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong completely in 2022. The PCAOB vacated its previous 2021 determinations that the PCAOB was unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong. However, whether the PCAOB will continue to be able to satisfactorily conduct inspections of PCAOB-registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong is subject to uncertainty and depends on a number of factors out of our, and our auditor’s, control. The PCAOB is continuing to demand complete access in mainland China and Hong Kong moving forward and is already making plans to resume regular inspections in early 2023 and beyond, as well as to continue pursuing ongoing investigations and initiate new investigations as needed. The PCAOB has indicated that it will act immediately to consider the need to issue new determinations with the HFCAA if needed. If the PCAOB in the future again determines that it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong, then the companies audited by those auditors would be subject to a trading prohibition on U.S. markets pursuant to the HFCAA.
If the PCAOB in the future again determines that it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong, then the lack of access to the PCAOB inspection in China would prevent the PCAOB from fully evaluating audits and quality control procedures of the auditors based in China. As a result, investors could be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections, if the PCAOB in the future again determines that it is unable to inspect and investigate completely auditors in mainland China and Hong Kong. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in China would make it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of these accounting firms’ audit procedures or quality control procedures, which could cause existing and potential investors in our stock to lose confidence in our audit procedures and reported financial information and the quality of our financial statements. Although our auditor was not identified by the PCAOB in its report as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s determinations, which determinations were vacated on December 15, 2022, should the PCAOB be unable to fully conduct inspection of our auditor’s work papers in China, this could adversely affect us and our securities for the reasons noted above.
Our auditor, the independent registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report included elsewhere in this prospectus, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess our auditor’s compliance with the applicable professional standards. Our auditor is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and has been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis with the last inspection in 2023. However, the recent developments would add uncertainties to our Offering and we cannot assure you whether Nasdaq or regulatory authorities would apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures and quality control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training, or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach or experience as it relates to the audit of our financial statements.
Risks Related to Our Initial Public Offering and Ownership of Our Ordinary Shares
We will incur additional costs as a result of becoming a public company, which could negatively impact our net income and liquidity.
Upon completion of this Offering, we will become a public company in the United States. As a public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. In addition, Sarbanes-Oxley and rules and regulations implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nasdaq require significantly heightened corporate governance practices for public companies. As a result, we expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs and make many corporate activities more time-consuming and costly.
We do not expect to incur materially greater costs as a result of becoming a public company than those incurred by similarly sized U.S. public companies. If we fail to comply with these rules and regulations, we could become the subject of a governmental enforcement action, investors may lose confidence in us and the market price of our Ordinary Shares could decline.
As a public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules subsequently implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nasdaq impose various requirements on the corporate governance practices of public companies. As a company with less than US$1.07 billion in net revenue for our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” pursuant to the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other generally applicable requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include exemption from the auditor attestation requirement under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal control over financial reporting and permission to delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies.
We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some corporate activities more time-consuming and costly. After we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” we expect to incur significant expenses and devote substantial management effort toward ensuring compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the other rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. We also expect that operating as a public company will make it more difficult and expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance. We may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. In addition, we will incur additional costs associated with our public company reporting requirements. It may also be more difficult for us to find qualified persons to serve on our board of directors or as executive officers. We are currently evaluating and monitoring developments with respect to these rules and regulations, and we cannot predict or estimate with any degree of certainty the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.
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In the past, shareholders of a public company often brought securities class action suits against the company following periods of instability in the market price of that company’s securities. If we were involved in a class action suit, it could divert a significant amount of our management’s attention and other resources from our business and operations, which could harm our results of operations and require us to incur significant expenses to defend the suit. Any such class action suit, whether or not successful, could harm our reputation and restrict our ability to raise capital in the future. In addition, if a claim is successfully made against us, we may be required to pay significant damages, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Our management team has limited experience managing a public company.
Most members of our management team have limited experience managing a publicly traded company, interacting with public company investors, and complying with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies. We are subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under the federal securities laws and the continuous scrutiny of securities analysts and investors. These obligations and constituents require significant attention from our senior management and could divert their attention away from the day-to-day management of our business, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and operating results.
The obligation to disclose information publicly may put us at a disadvantage to competitors that are private companies.
Upon completion of this Offering, we will be a publicly listed company in the United States. As a publicly listed company, we will be required to file periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission upon the occurrence of matters that are material to our company and shareholders. In some cases, we will need to disclose material agreements or results of financial operations that we would not be required to disclose if we were a private company. Our competitors may have access to this information, which would otherwise be confidential. This may give them advantages in competing with our Company. Similarly, as a U.S.-listed public company, we will be governed by U.S. laws that our competitors, mostly private companies, are not required to follow. To the extent compliance with U.S. laws increases our expenses or decreases our competitiveness against such companies, our public listing could affect our results of operations.
We are a “foreign private issuer,” and our disclosure obligations differ from those of U.S. domestic reporting companies. As a result, we may not provide you the same information as U.S. domestic reporting companies or we may provide information at different times, which may make it more difficult for you to evaluate our performance and prospects.
We are a foreign private issuer and, as a result, we are not subject to the same requirements as U.S. domestic issuers. Under the Exchange Act, we will be subject to reporting obligations that, to some extent, are more lenient and less frequent than those of U.S. domestic reporting companies. For example, we will not be required to issue quarterly reports or proxy statements. In addition, we will not be required to disclose detailed individual executive compensation information. Furthermore, our directors and executive officers will not be required to report equity holdings under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and will not be subject to the insider short swing profit disclosure and recovery regime.
As a foreign private issuer, we will also be exempt from the requirements of Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure) which, generally, are meant to ensure that select groups of investors are not privy to specific information about an issuer before other investors. However, we will still be subject to the anti-fraud and anti-manipulation rules of the SEC, such as Rule 10b-5 under the Exchange Act. Since many of the disclosure obligations imposed on us as a foreign private issuer differ from those imposed on U.S. domestic reporting companies, you should not expect to receive the same information about us and at the same time as the information provided by U.S. domestic reporting companies.
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The information we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC will be less extensive and less timely as compared to that required to be filed with the SEC by U.S. domestic issuers.
As a Cayman Islands company listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, we are subject to the Nasdaq Capital Market corporate governance listing standards. However, Nasdaq Capital Market rules permit a foreign private issuer like us to follow the corporate governance practices of its home country. Certain corporate governance practices in the Cayman Islands, which is our home country, may differ significantly from the Nasdaq Capital Market corporate governance listing standards. We do not currently plan to rely on home country practice with respect to any corporate governance matters. However, if we choose to do follow home country practice in the future, our shareholders may be afforded less protection than they otherwise would under the Nasdaq Capital Market corporate governance listing standards applicable to U.S. domestic issuers.
We are an “emerging growth company,” and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our Ordinary Shares less attractive to investors.
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act. We have elected to avail ourselves of the extended transition period for implementing new or revised financial accounting standards. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although we could lose that status sooner (1) if our revenue exceed $1.235 billion, (2) if we issue more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt in a three-year period, or (3) if the market value of our shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any March 31 before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following March 31. We cannot predict if investors will find our Ordinary Shares less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our shares and our stock price may be more volatile.
Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of certain of the reduced disclosure obligations in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and may elect to take advantage of other reduced reporting requirements in future filings. As a result, the information that we provide to our stockholders may be different than you might receive from other public reporting companies in which you hold equity interests and our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. We may take advantage of these provisions for up to five years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company.
We are a “controlled company” defined under the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules. Although we do not intend to rely on the “controlled company” exemption under the Nasdaq listing rules, we could elect to rely on this exemption in the future and you will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to these corporate governance requirements.
We expect that our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Chi Ming Lam will own a majority of our Ordinary Shares following the Offering and we will be a controlled company under the applicable Nasdaq listing rules. For so long as we are a controlled company under the applicable Nasdaq listing rules, we are permitted to elect to rely, and may rely, on certain exemptions from corporate governance rules, including:
● | an exemption from the rule that a majority of our board of directors must be independent directors; |
● | an exemption from the rule that the compensation of our chief executive officer must be determined or recommended solely by independent directors; and |
● | an exemption from the rule that our director nominees must be selected or recommended solely by independent directors. |
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As a result, you will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to these corporate governance requirements.
Although we do not intend to rely on the “controlled company” exemption under the Nasdaq listing rules, we could elect to rely on this exemption in the future. If we elected to rely on the “controlled company” exemption, a majority of the members of our board of directors might not be independent directors and our nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees might not consist entirely of independent directors upon closing of the Offering. Our status as a controlled company could cause our Ordinary Shares to look less attractive to certain investors or otherwise harm our trading price. As a result, the investors will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to these corporate governance requirements. Please refer to the paragraph titled “Risk Factors – Our significant shareholder has considerable influence over our corporate matters.”
Ordinary Shares eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares, as the future sale of a substantial amount of outstanding Ordinary Shares in the public marketplace could reduce the price of our Ordinary Shares.
The market price of our Ordinary Shares could decline as a result of sales of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur. In addition, these factors could make it more difficult for us to raise funds through future offerings of our Ordinary Shares. An aggregate of 11,250,000 Ordinary Shares are outstanding before the consummation of this Offering and 12,750,000 Ordinary Shares will be outstanding immediately after this Offering, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares. All of the Ordinary Shares sold in the Offering will be freely transferable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act. The remaining Ordinary Shares will be “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144. These shares may be sold in the future without registration under the Securities Act to the extent permitted by Rule 144 or other exemptions under the Securities Act.
Future sales, or the perception of future sales, by us or our shareholder in the public market following this Offering could cause the market price for our Ordinary Shares to decline.
The sale of substantial amounts of Ordinary Shares in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur could harm the prevailing market price of our Ordinary Shares. These sales, or the possibility that these sales may occur, also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate. Upon completion of this Offering we will have a total of 12,750,000 Ordinary Shares outstanding, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares. Of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, the 1,500,000 Ordinary Shares sold or issued in this Offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Securities Act, except that any Ordinary Shares held by our affiliates, as that term is defined under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, may be sold only in compliance with the limitations described in “Ordinary Shares Eligible for Future Sale.” All remaining Ordinary Shares, which are currently held by our shareholder, may be sold in the public market in the future subject to the lock-up agreements and the restrictions contained in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. If our shareholder sells a substantial amount of Ordinary Shares, the prevailing market price for our Ordinary Shares could be adversely affected. Our executive officers, directors and shareholder will sign lock-up agreements with the underwriters that will, subject to certain customary exceptions, restrict the sale of our Ordinary Shares and certain other securities held by them for a period of no less than six months following the date of this prospectus. The underwriters may, in their sole discretion and at any time without notice, release all or any portion of the Ordinary Shares subject to any such lock-up agreements. As restrictions on resale end, the market price of our Ordinary Shares could drop significantly if the holders of our restricted shares sell them or are perceived by the market as intending to sell them. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to raise additional funds through future offerings of our Ordinary Shares or other securities.
The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources and divert management’s attention.
As a public company, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, the listing requirements of the securities exchange on which we list, and other applicable securities rules and regulations. Despite recent reforms made possible by the JOBS Act, compliance with these rules and regulations will nonetheless increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming or costly and increase demand on our systems and resources, particularly after we are no longer an “emerging growth company.” The Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly, and current reports with respect to our business and operating results.
As a result of disclosure of information in this prospectus and in filings required of a public company, our business and financial condition will become more visible, which we believe may result in threatened or actual litigation, including by competitors and other third parties. If such claims are successful, our business and operating results could be harmed, and even if the claims do not result in litigation or are resolved in our favor, these claims, and the time and resources necessary to resolve them, could divert the resources of our management and adversely affect our business, brand and reputation and results of operations.
We also expect that being a public company and these new rules and regulations will make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors, particularly to serve on our audit committee and compensation committee, and qualified executive officers.
The market price of our Ordinary Shares may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance, and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the initial public offering price.
The initial public offering price for our Ordinary Shares will be determined through negotiations between the Underwriter and us and may vary from the market price of our Ordinary Shares following our initial public offering. If you purchase our Ordinary Shares in our initial public offering, you may not be able to resell those Ordinary Shares at or above the initial public offering price. We cannot assure you that our Ordinary Shares’ initial public offering price, or the market price following our initial public offering, will equal or exceed prices in privately negotiated transactions of our Ordinary Shares that have occurred from time to time prior to our initial public offering. The market price of our Ordinary Shares may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, including:
● | actual or anticipated fluctuations in our revenue and other operating results; | |
● | the financial projections we may provide to the public, any changes in these projections or our failure to meet these projections; |
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● | actions of securities analysts who initiate or maintain coverage of us, changes in financial estimates by any securities analysts who follow our Company, or our failure to meet these estimates or the expectations of investors; | |
● | announcements by us or our competitors of significant products or features, technical innovations, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, or capital commitments; | |
● | price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market, including as a result of trends in the economy as a whole; | |
● | lawsuits threatened or filed against us; and | |
● | other events or factors, including those resulting from war or incidents of terrorism, or responses to these events. |
We may experience extreme stock price volatility unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance, financial condition or prospects, making it difficult for prospective investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our Ordinary Shares.
Recently, there have been instances of extreme stock price run-ups followed by rapid price declines and strong stock price volatility with recent initial public offerings, especially among those with relatively smaller public floats. As a relatively small-capitalization company with relatively small public float, we may experience greater stock price volatility, extreme price run-ups, lower trading volume and less liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In particular, our Ordinary Shares may be subject to rapid and substantial price volatility, low volumes of trades and large spreads in bid and ask prices. Such volatility, including any stock-run up, may be unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance and financial condition or prospects, making it difficult for prospective investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our Ordinary Shares.
In addition, if the trading volumes of our Ordinary Shares are low, persons buying or selling in relatively small quantities may easily influence prices of our Ordinary Shares. This low volume of trades could also cause the price of our Ordinary Shares to fluctuate greatly, with large percentage changes in price occurring in any trading day session. Holders of our Ordinary Shares may also not be able to readily liquidate their investment or may be forced to sell at depressed prices due to low volume trading. Broad market fluctuations and general economic and political conditions may also adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares. As a result of this volatility, investors may experience losses on their investment in our Ordinary Shares. A decline in the market price of our Ordinary Shares also could adversely affect our ability to issue additional Ordinary Shares or other securities and our ability to obtain additional financing in the future. No assurance can be given that an active market in our Ordinary Shares will develop or be sustained. If an active market does not develop, holders of our Ordinary Shares may be unable to readily sell the Ordinary Shares they hold or may not be able to sell their Ordinary Shares at all.
Future issuances or sales, or perceived issuances or sales, of substantial amounts of Ordinary Shares in the public market could materially and adversely affect the prevailing market price of the Ordinary Shares and our ability to raise capital in the future.
The market price of our Ordinary Shares could decline as a result of future sales of substantial amounts of shares or other securities relating to the shares in the public market, including by the Company’s significant shareholder, or the issuance of new shares by the Company, or the perception that such sales or issuances may occur. Future sales, or perceived sales, of substantial amounts of the shares could also materially and adversely affect our ability to raise capital in the future at a time and at a price favorable to us, and our shareholders will experience dilution in their holdings upon our issuance or sale of additional securities in the future. In addition, these factors could make it more difficult for us to raise funds through future offerings of our Ordinary Shares. A few shareholders hold a significant portion of our Ordinary Shares and these are “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144. These Ordinary Shares may be sold in the future without registration under the Securities Act to the extent permitted by Rule 144 or other exemptions under the Securities Act.
We have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from our initial public offering and may not use them effectively.
To the extent (i) we raise more money than required for the purposes explained in the section titled “Use of Proceeds” or (ii) we determine that the proposed uses set forth in that section are no longer in the best interests of our Company, we cannot specify with any certainty the particular uses of such net proceeds that we will receive from our initial public offering. Our management will have broad discretion in the application of such net proceeds, including working capital, possible acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes, and we may spend or invest these proceeds in a way with which our shareholders disagree. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could harm our business and financial condition. Pending their use, we may invest the net proceeds from our initial public offering in a manner that does not produce income or that loses value.
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Future financing may cause a dilution in your shareholding or place restrictions on our operations.
We may need to raise additional funds in the future to finance further expansion of our capacity and business relating to our existing operations, acquisitions or strategic partnerships. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of new equity or equity-linked securities of the Company other than on a pro rata basis to existing shareholders, the percentage ownership of such shareholders in the Company may be reduced, and such new securities may confer rights and privileges that take priority over those conferred by the shares. Alternatively, if we meet such funding requirements by way of additional debt financing, we may have restrictions placed on us through such debt financing arrangements which may:
● | further limit our ability to pay dividends or require us to seek consents for the payment of dividends; | |
● | increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions; | |
● | require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations to service our debt, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund capital expenditure, working capital requirements and other general corporate needs; and | |
● | limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry. |
We may lose our foreign private issuer status in the future, which could result in significant additional costs and expenses.
As discussed above, we are a foreign private issuer, and therefore, we are not required to comply with all of the periodic disclosure and current reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. The determination of foreign private issuer status is made annually on the last business day of an issuer’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter. We would lose our foreign private issuer status if, for example, more than 50% of our Ordinary Shares are directly or indirectly held by residents of the U.S. and we fail to meet additional requirements necessary to maintain our foreign private issuer status. If we lose our foreign private issuer status on this date, we will be required to file with the SEC periodic reports and registration statements on U.S. domestic issuer forms, which are more detailed and extensive than the forms available to a foreign private issuer. We will also have to mandatorily comply with U.S. federal proxy requirements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders will become subject to the short-swing profit disclosure and recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we will lose our ability to rely upon exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements under the Nasdaq listing rules. As a U.S. listed public company that is not a foreign private issuer, we will incur significant additional legal, accounting and other expenses that we will not incur as a foreign private issuer, and accounting, reporting and other expenses in order to maintain a listing on a U.S. securities exchange.
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You will experience immediate and substantial dilution.
The initial public offering price of our Ordinary Shares is substantially higher than the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our Ordinary Shares. Assuming the completion of the Offering, if you purchase Ordinary Shares in this Offering, you will incur immediate dilution of approximately $4.97 in the pro forma net tangible book value per share from the price per share that you pay for the shares. Accordingly, if you purchase shares in this Offering, you will incur immediate and substantial dilution of your investment. Please refer to the section titled “Dilution.”
You may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments or bringing original actions in the Cayman Islands or Hong Kong based on U.S. or other foreign laws against us, our management or the experts named in the prospectus.
Although we are a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, we conduct substantially all of our operations in Hong Kong and substantially all of our assets are located in Hong Kong. In addition, a majority of our directors and executive officers reside within Hong Kong, and most of the assets of these persons are located within Hong Kong. As a result, it may be difficult for you to effect service of process within the United States upon us or these individuals, or to bring an action against us or against these individuals in the United States in the event that you believe your rights have been infringed under the U.S. federal securities laws or otherwise. Even if you are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the Cayman Islands and of the Hong Kong may render you unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers.
Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. A foreign judgment can be registered and enforced in Hong Kong either under the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 319) (the “Ordinance”) or at common law. Registration of a foreign judgment under the Ordinance can be made by an ex parte application with the local court but this avenue is limited to judgments entered in designated jurisdictions, which currently include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brunei, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and Singapore and Sri Lanka. An action to enforce a foreign judgment at common law is a comparatively cumbersome process. It is in essence an independent suit in Hong Kong and the judgment creditor must follow normally applicable service procedures. Judgments entered in the United States and the United Kingdom can be enforced in Hong Kong only at common law. To be eligible for common-law recognition, the judgment must (1) be for a definite sum of money; (2) be final and conclusive; and (3) have been entered by a court with competent jurisdiction over the defendant. With respect to finality, a Hong Kong court will generally refrain from enforcing a judgment during the pendency of an appeal. This raises the possibility of undue delay and asset dissipation. With respect to the requirement of competent jurisdiction of the foreign judgment seeking to be enforced in Hong Kong, it is governed by private international law as interpreted in Hong Kong, not the law of the foreign forum. Jurisdiction can generally be asserted on the basis of the defendant’s physical presence in the foreign forum, appearance in the underlying legal proceeding or prior contractual consent to jurisdiction. Under the common law and the Ordinance, only limited defenses on the grounds such as fraud, due process and Hong Kong public policy can be raised against a duly registered foreign judgment. There is no mechanism for reconsideration of the merits of the underlying foreign litigation.
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You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U.S. courts may be limited, because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands law.
We are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and conduct substantially all of our operations in Hong Kong through our wholly-owned Hong Kong Operating Subsidiaries. Most of our directors and substantially all of our executive officers reside outside the United States and a substantial portion of their assets are located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for our shareholders to effect service on these persons or bring an action against us or against these individuals in the Cayman Islands or in Hong Kong in the event that they believe that their rights have been infringed under the securities laws of the United States or otherwise. Even if shareholders are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong may render them unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers.
Our corporate affairs are governed by our Amended Memorandum and Articles, the Companies Act and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take legal action against our directors, actions by our minority shareholders and the fiduciary duties of our directors under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, the decisions of whose courts are of persuasive authority, but are not binding, on a court in the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary duties of our directors under Cayman Islands law are not as clearly established as they would be under statutes or judicial precedents in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a less developed body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and some states (such as Delaware) have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law than the Cayman Islands. In addition, Cayman Islands companies may not have the standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in a federal court of the United States.
Shareholders of Cayman Islands exempted companies like us have no general rights under Cayman Islands law to inspect corporate records (other than the memorandum and articles of association and any special resolutions passed by such companies, and the register of mortgage and charges of such companies) or to obtain copies of lists of shareholders of these companies. Our directors have discretion under the Amended Memorandum and Articles to determine whether or not, and under what conditions, our corporate records may be inspected by our shareholders, but are not obliged to make them available to our shareholders. This may make it more difficult for you to obtain the information needed to establish any facts necessary for a shareholder motion or to solicit proxies from other shareholders in connection with a proxy contest.
Certain corporate governance practices in the Cayman Islands, which is our home country, differ significantly from requirements for companies incorporated in other jurisdictions such as the United States. To the extent we choose to follow home country practice with respect to corporate governance matters, our shareholders may be afforded less protection than they otherwise would under rules and regulations applicable to U.S. domestic issuers.
As a result of all of the above, our public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by management, members of the board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a company incorporated in the United States. For a discussion of significant differences between the provisions the Companies Act and the laws applicable to companies incorporated in the United States and their shareholders, please refer to the section titled “Description of Ordinary Shares – Material Differences in Cayman Islands Law and our Memorandum and Articles of Association and Delaware Law”.
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It may be difficult to enforce a judgment of U.S. courts for civil liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws against us, our directors or officers in the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.
We have been advised by our Cayman Islands legal counsel that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands would:
● | recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts of the United States based on certain civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws; and |
● | entertain original actions brought in each respective jurisdiction 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 no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the U.S., however, the courts of the Cayman Islands will in certain circumstances recognize and enforce a foreign judgment without any re-examination or re-litigation of matters adjudicated upon, provided such judgment:
● | is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction; | |
● | imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given; | |
● | is final; | |
● | is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty; | |
● | was not obtained by fraud; and | |
● | is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands. |
Subject to the above limitations, in appropriate circumstances, a Cayman Islands court may give effect in the Cayman Islands to other kinds of final foreign judgments such as declaratory orders, orders for performance of contracts and injunctions.
David Fong & Co., our counsel to Hong Kong law, have advised us that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.
Our Hong Kong counsel also advised us that in Hong Kong, foreign judgments can be enforced under statute under the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance or under common law. The Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance is a registration scheme for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments based on reciprocity but the United States is not a designated country under the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance. As a result, a judgment rendered by a court in the United States, including as a result of administrative actions brought by regulatory authorities, such as the SEC, and other actions, will not be enforced by the Hong Kong courts under the statutory regime. In addition, the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC and the Government of Hong Kong have entered into the “Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region pursuant to Choice of Court Agreements between Parties Concerned,” or the Arrangement. The Mainland Judgements (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance gave effect to the Arrangement and is a registration scheme for recognition and enforcement of PRC judgements based on reciprocity. Other than the Arrangement, Hong Kong has not entered into any multilateral convention or bilateral treaty regarding the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. Accordingly, any judgments rendered by a court in the United States will need to be enforced under common law. In order to enforce a foreign judgment under common law in Hong Kong, the judgment must meet certain criteria before it can be enforced, such as the judgment being final and conclusive.
We employ a mail forwarding service, which may delay or disrupt our ability to receive mail in a timely manner.
Mail addressed to the Company and received at its registered office will be forwarded unopened to the forwarding address supplied by Company to be dealt with. None of the Company, its directors, officers, advisors or service providers (including the organization which provides registered office services in the Cayman Islands) will bear any responsibility for any delay howsoever caused in mail reaching the forwarding address. If such mail is delayed, it may impair your ability to communicate with us.
We could become a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes for any taxable year, which could subject United States investors in our shares to significant adverse United States income tax consequences.
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We do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future after this Offering. You must rely on price appreciation of the Ordinary Shares for return on your investment.
We currently intend to retain most, if not all, of our available funds and any future earnings after this offering to fund the development and growth of our business. As a result, we do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Please refer to the section titled “Dividend Policy.” Therefore, you should not rely on an investment in the Ordinary Shares as a source for any future dividend income.
Our board of directors has complete discretion as to whether to distribute dividends, subject to certain requirements of Cayman Islands law. In addition, our shareholders may by ordinary resolution declare a dividend, but no dividend may exceed the amount recommended by our board of directors. Under Cayman Islands law, a Cayman Islands company may pay a dividend out of either profit or share premium account, provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if this would result in our Company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. Even if we decide to declare and pay dividends, the timing, amount and form of future dividends, if any, will depend on, among other things, our future results of operations and cash flow, our capital requirements and surplus, the amount of distributions, if any, received by us from our subsidiaries, our financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors. Accordingly, the return on your investment in the Ordinary Shares will likely depend entirely upon any future price appreciation of the Ordinary Shares. There is no guarantee that the Ordinary Shares will appreciate in value after this offering or even maintain the price at which you purchased the Ordinary Shares. You may not realize a return on your investment in the Ordinary Shares and you may even lose your entire investment in the Ordinary Shares.
New climate-related disclosure obligations in proposed SEC rule amendments could have uncertain impacts on our business, impose additional reporting obligations on us, and increase our costs.
In March 2022, the SEC proposed rule amendments that would implement a framework for the reporting of climate-related risks and create a wide range of new climate-related disclosure obligations for all registrants, including us. The proposed rules would require us to include certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports, including (i) climate-related risks and their actual or likely material impacts on our business, strategy, and outlook; (ii) our governance of climate-related risks and relevant risk management processes; (iii) information on our greenhouse gas emissions; (iv) certain climate-related financial statement metrics and related disclosures in a note to our audited financial statements; and (v) information about our climate-related targets, goals, and transition plans.
The proposed rules remain open to public comment and may be subject to challenges and litigation. Thus, the ultimate scope and impact of the proposed rules on our business remain uncertain. To the extent new rules, if finalized, impose additional reporting obligations on us, we could face substantial increased costs. Separately, the SEC has also announced that it is scrutinizing climate-change related disclosures in public filings, increasing the potential for enforcement if the SEC were to allege that our existing climate disclosures are misleading or deficient.
We are subject to changing law and regulations regarding regulatory matters, corporate governance and public disclosure that have increased both our costs and the risk of non-compliance.
We are subject to rules and regulations by various governing bodies, including, for example, the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are charged with the protection of investors and the oversight of companies whose securities are publicly traded, and to new and evolving regulatory measures under applicable law, including the laws of the Cayman Islands. Our efforts to comply with new and changing laws and regulations have resulted in and are likely to continue to result in, increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.
Moreover, because these laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance becomes available. This evolution may result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and additional costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to our disclosure and governance practices. If we fail to address and comply with these regulations and any subsequent changes, we may be subject to penalty and our business may be harmed.
The sale or availability for sale of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares, including the Ordinary Shares that are being registered concurrently for resale by the Selling Shareholder, could adversely affect their market price.
Sales of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares in the public market after the completion of this offering and from the sale of shares held by the Selling Shareholder, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of our shares and could materially impair our ability to raise capital through equity offerings in the future. As of the date of this prospectus, we have 11,250,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. The Ordinary Shares sold in this offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, and Ordinary Shares held by our existing shareholders may also be sold in the public market in the future subject to the restrictions in Rule 144 and Rule 701 under the Securities Act and applicable lock-up agreements. There will be 12,750,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately after this offering, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares. See “Underwriting” and “Shares Eligible for Future Sale” for a more detailed description of the restrictions on selling our securities after this offering.
There may be substantial sales of our Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholder after the effective date of this registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, which could have a material adverse effect on the price of our Ordinary Shares after this offering.
The registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part also registers on behalf of the Selling Shareholder an aggregate of 500,000 Ordinary Shares previously issued by us. There are currently no agreements or understandings in place with the Selling Shareholder to restrict the sale of the Ordinary Shares to be offered by the Selling Shareholder after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Sales of a substantial number of our 11,250,000 currently issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholder at such time could cause the market price of our Ordinary Shares to decrease (possibly below the initial public offering price of the Ordinary Shares in this offering) and could impair our ability to raise capital in the future by selling additional Company securities.
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INDUSTRY DATA AND FORECAST
All the information and data presented in this section has been derived from Frost & Sullivan Limited (“Frost & Sullivan”)’s industry report commissioned by us entitled “The Interconnect Product Market Independent Market Research” (the “Frost & Sullivan Report”) unless otherwise noted. Frost & Sullivan has advised us that the statistical and graphical information contained herein is drawn from its database and other sources. The following discussion contains projections for future growth, which may not occur at the rates that are projected or at all.
OVERVIEW OF HONG KONG WET TRADES WORKS MARKET
Definition and Classification
Wet trades works is defined as a subset of fitting-out works. In Hong Kong, wet trades work generally involves the use of dry construction materials mixed with water. Common scope of wet trades works includes plastering, brickwork, wall and floor tiling, painting and decoration, floor screeding and marble works. Wet trades contractors may also provide wet trades related ancillary services such as cleaning, smoothing platform, applying sealant, and washed granolithic screed, on-site logistics services, etc. The demand for wet trades works is associated with construction, renovation, maintenance, addition, and alteration of buildings in mainly residential (e.g., private residential buildings and public housing) and commercial segments (e.g., hotel, office buildings, retail stores and shopping malls), as well as industrial buildings, government buildings, community facilities transportation and public infrastructure and so on.
Wet trades works are carried out in a wide variety of buildings and facilities in Hong Kong, which includes residential buildings, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, government buildings and community facilities. Below sets out the common scope of wet trades works:
● | Plastering, refers to application of coating, with a composition of gypsum or ash, cement, sand with water, that protects and decorates ceiling, floor, wall, and stairs. | |
● | Brickwork (e.g., bricklaying), bricks are commonly used for the construction of walls with a layer of mortar between bricks to enable bricks to be positioned more easily. | |
● | Wall and floor tiling, the interior and exterior wall and flooring tiling refers to trimming and connecting ceramic tiles on walls and floors with the application of mortar for grouting. | |
● | Painting and decoration, refers to the application of a colored tint of interior space for aesthetics purposes. | |
● | Floor screeding, refers to the application of the mixture of Portland cement, aggregates, and water on the floor surface. | |
● | Marble works, refers to fabricating, polishing, setting and installation of marble and other limestones in an interior and exterior part (e.g., floor and wall) of a building structure. |
Value Chain
Typically, main contractors are responsible for supervising the overall progress and quality of the construction project, monitoring the daily operation of the construction site, and coordinating subcontractors to carry out construction works. Main contractors would subcontract some of the construction works to subcontractors because (i) labor intensive works such as wet trades works are subcontracted to subcontractors for the supply of sufficient direct labor as main contractors generally only hire a small number of direct labor on a permanent basis to control cost; and (ii) subcontractors often possess the necessary experience and expertise in performing specific areas of tasks and it is generally more cost effective to subcontract different parts of construction works to different subcontractors which are specialized in the field of expertise.
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Wet trades subcontractors generally work with main contractors and are mainly responsible for managing wet trades workers, coordinating subcontractors, and supervising the progress and quality of wet trades works. It is common in the wet trades works industry that the works are subcontracted to different subcontractors. These subcontractors include direct labor and are commonly engaged on a project-by-project basis, given the fact that hiring a pool of workers for different trades of works under permanent agreement can be costly. There may be occasions where the main contractors supply certain tooling and miscellaneous services to their wet trade’s subcontractors for the use under the same projects and subsequently deduct such amounts in the relevant payment certificates issued to the wet trade’s subcontractors.
Source: The Frost & Sullivan Report
Market Size of Wet Trades Works in Hong Kong
Driven by the rising housing supply and continuous expansion of the commercial segment, including offices and hotels, and the residential segment, the gross value of wet trades works in Hong Kong increased from approximately HK$9,574.9 million (approximately US$1,227.6 million) in 2016 to approximately HK$11,335.2 million (approximately US$1,453.2 million) in 2021, representing a CAGR of 3.4%. The drop of gross value of wet trades works in 2020 was mainly due to the outbreak of COVID-19 which led to economic downturn and further disrupted the construction industry in Hong Kong.
As set out in the 2021 Policy Address by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, the Government targets to increase the overall supply of transitional housing in the coming few years, and the launch of the Northern Metropolis Development Strategy contributes to the growth of the new towns, new development areas and development nodes. Together with other supportive government policies and expedited urban renewal, the gross value of wet trades works is expected to increase from HK$12,103.1 million (approximately US$,1551.7 million) in 2022 to approximately HK$15,609.3 million (approximately US$2,001.2 million) in 2026.
Note: The gross value of wet trades works refers to the revenue of the wet trades works industry in nominal term performed by main contractors and subcontractors in construction sites, and is indicative for the revenue of wet trades works contractors involved.
Source: The Frost & Sullivan Report
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Market Size of Wet Trades Works in Hong Kong (Breakdown by Sector)
The private sector contributes to most of the total gross value of wet trades works in Hong Kong. During 2016 to 2021, primarily owing to the rising housing supply and the establishment of various sizeable real estate properties in Kowloon City and Sai Kung, the gross value of wet trade works in the private sector increased from approximately HK$5,992.6 million (approximately US$768.3 million) in 2016 to approximately HK$6,982.5 million (approximately US$895.2 million) in 2021, representing a CAGR of approximately 3.1%, On the other hand, the urban development in Tuen Mun and Kwun Tong has also created the demand for wet trade works. During the same period, the actual public housing units recorded the growth. Accordingly, the gross value of wet trade works in public sector increased from approximately HK$3,582.3 million (approximately US$459.3 million) in 2016 to approximately HK$4,352.7 million (approximately US$558.0 million) in 2021, at a CAGR of approximately 4.0%.
The rising housing supply would serve as the driver to the wet trade works market in Hong Kong. As set out in the release of the “Hong Kong 2030: Planning Vision and Strategy”, the construction of North East New Territories New Development Areas (NDAs) in Kwu Tung North, Fanling North and Ping Che which is expected to accommodate more than 50,000 household residential units in both public and private sectors. Growing along with several private residential properties expected to complete in Ho Man Tin and Cheung Sha Wan, such as the development at Ho Man Tin MTR Station and Hing Wah Street West, in the coming years, the gross value of wet trades works in the private sector is anticipated to grow from 2022 to 2026 at a CAGR of approximately 7.0%, reaching approximately HK$9,865.1 million (approximately US$1,264.8 million) in 2026. Driven by the Long Term Housing Strategy (LTHS) issued in 2020 with total public housing units target for the ten-year period from 2021–22 to 2030–31 of approximately 301,000 units and the continuous investment by the Government in infrastructure with an estimated annual expenditure of over HK$100 billion (approximately US$12.8 billion) on average in the next few years, as proposed by the Chief Executive in the 2020 Policy Address, the gross value of wet trades works in the public sector is expected to grow from approximately HK$4,575.0 million (approximately US$586.5 million) in 2022 to approximately HK$5,744.2 million (approximately US$736.5 million) in 2026, representing a CAGR of approximately 5.9%.
Source: The Frost & Sullivan Report
Market Drivers and Opportunities
連續式 香港的房屋供應:濕貨交易市場的發展與建築物的建設和 基礎設施。尤其是住宅樓宇部分的濕式貿易工程總值,佔總值逾六成。 2021年濕貿易價值工作。香港行政長官在《2021年施政報告》中提出,政府的目標是 在未來數年增加5 000個過渡時預售屋屋單位,使過渡時預售屋屋的整體供應量增至2萬個;及 將相關基金計劃的資助額提高至116港元億(約14.9美元億)。另一方面, 2021年,政府發佈了《北方大都市發展戰略》,涵蓋兩個地區行政區域,包括 元朗區和北區,包括成熟的新市鎮、新發展區和發展節點,總用地 面積約300平方公里,將發展為住宅單位高度集中、勞動人口集中的地區 和企業。此外,香港政府出臺了不同的政策來推動住房供應,即 2020年施政報告提出“分享試驗計劃”,旨在釋放私營農業的發展潛力 公私營合作發展公營及私營房屋的地段;部署“土地專責小組” 其中包括約210個潛在用地及3,235公頃土地作房屋用途,可提供超過 在未來十年內,香港共有330,000個公共及私人住宅單位,包括 東大嶼山都會區、郊野公園外圍、填海土地及多個棕地。在私營部門方面,2022-23年度財政預算案 預計從2022年到2026年的未來五年,預計平均年產量約為19,000輛,遠遠超過 高於2016年至2021年過去五年約1.7萬輛的平均產量。反過來,對建築工程的需求 濕法貿易工作將繼續推進。
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城市 更新專案:香港政府自2012年起推行強制性驗樓計劃,樓齡高的業主 30年或以上並附有法定通知送達的,均須進行規定的檢查。根據《城市更新》 當局,到2046年將有326,000個樓齡在70歲或以上的私人住宅單位,迫切需要加快更新 舊區,特別是位於市區核心密集地帶,例如深水?和九龍城。如上所述 在《市區重建局(市建局)2019-20年年報》中,香港有超過1萬幢樓齡達50年或以上的樓宇, 預計到2046年,這一數位將達到2.8萬。此外,為保障公眾安全,行政長官宣佈 在《2017年施政報告》中預留港幣30元億(約3.8億美元億),並與市區重建 授權實施建築光明行動,協助他們按照《建築光明行動》的要求行事。濕貿易 工程作為必不可少的建設過程,不斷的城市更新專案有望帶動各自的需求。
更高級別 行業標準和客戶要求:由於人民生活水準的提高和可支配收入水準的提高 香港市民、下游地產商傾向於期望缺陷最少的建築物和設施具有更高的耐久性, 未來的維護成本和麻煩,預計將在材料質量、工作過程和工藝方面設定更高的標準 濕交易的效果很好。由於房地產開發商希望提高各自物業的標準,以增強競爭力, 因此,為了滿足室內設計和檢查的要求,對優質濕行業工程的需求增加了。與更高的 對住宅及商業樓宇室內環境的需求,包括 設計,以及使用固定裝置、傢俱和其他配件,作品的質量正成為競爭的關鍵焦點 濕貿易工程行業。因此,地產商更青睞信譽良好、工程質素優良的濕式行業承建商。 和主要承包商。
加快速度 商業區發展:根據香港差餉物業估價署的數據, 在2016至2021年期間,商業單位的數量從1,520個增加到2,1個,寫字樓和商業單位的總考慮 單位由245港元億(約31.6美元億)增至420港元億(約53.8美元億)。 隨著交通便利,以及九龍東和港島東等地區的基礎設施發展和支持, 在這些地區,經常需要進行濕法作業。關於香港政府的政策,將推出8幅土地,並 在2020至2022年間根據賣地計劃發展商業樓宇。幾家酒店和購物中心正在籌劃 根據市場動態進行升級。不斷擴展的商業活動,開發新的商業區,住宅和 娛樂設施將支持濕貨交易市場的增長。此外,政府對基礎設施的持續投資 預計未來幾年平均每年支出超過1,000港元億(約合128美元億), 行政長官在2020年《施政報告》中提出,會增加濕工場的需求
市場 趨勢與展望
更寬 機器和設備的應用:根據“指定技能指定工人”條文的規定 《建造業工人註冊條例》,只適用於指定行業組別的註冊技術工人或半技術工人 允許在建築工地上獨立進行相關行業部門的建築工程,旨在改善 建築工程和工人的質量。預計使用噴灰機和地板等機械設備 找平機取代人工將成為未來的市場趨勢之一。取代人工操作越來越普遍 使用石膏噴霧機進行濕法行業工程,以提高工人的生產力 並進一步提升工藝質量。石膏噴塗機的使用使工人能夠完成更大範圍的 抹灰工作與在相同持續時間內依賴傳統手工工作相比。
Increasing training and revitalized manpower in the industry: To alleviate manpower shortage in construction industry, with the support of Development Bureau, the Construction Industry Council (“CIC”) launches the “Advanced Construction Manpower Training Scheme - Pilot Scheme (Structured On-the-job) to train up semi-skilled workers to become skilled workers. The CIC has also launched the Construction Industry Council Relief Fund – Multi-skills Training Scheme for Registered Workers to assist the underemployed or temporarily unemployed registered construction workers in acquiring new skills to enhance their competitiveness to prepare for further development in the industry. Labor in the wet trade works industry is expected to garner related skills continuously with increased productivity and efficiency.
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Technology-driven operational model: Outlined in the Policy Address in 2021, the implementation of Construction 2.0, which include the wider use of I&T and Modular Integrated Construction, shall enhance the overall operational performance of various sector in the construction industry. In the wet trade industry, converting project specifications into visual graphics can facilitate design project better and conduce to better communication between stakeholders. Building Information Modelling works as a cutting-edge 3D modelling and visualization tool to efficiently handle design, tender, construction, and maintenance process, which is able highly reduce the risk for improper design due to onsite limitation. In the long run, the wet trades work industry is expected to grow towards the assimilation of technology throughout the design and build process The adoption of various technology tools is expected to streamline procedures, elevate operating efficiency, and propel sustainable business model for service providers.
Market Constraints and Challenges
Cyclical nature of construction industry: As a part of the construction industry, wet trades works market follows the cyclicality of the construction industry, which is generally considered to be highly related to macroeconomic conditions, government policies and business cycle. For example, in the event of an economic downturn, the tightened financial budgets and higher costs of financing may make project owners be more conservative in initiating new projects or investing more resources. Similarly, if there are signs of slowing down in land supply or development programs of the HK Government, the growth of wet trades works market in Hong Kong may be hindered.
Shortage of Labor and Increasing Labor Cost: According to the Construction Industry Council, labor engaged in the wet trade works industry in Hong Kong, including plasterer, bricklayer and concreter have all categorized into the list of shortage trades. Due to the aging population and higher requirements on skills and qualifications of workers, the wet trades market in Hong Kong has been facing serious problems of shortage of experienced and skilled labor. Therefore, in order to attract qualified workers, market participants may need to adopt measures including competitive remuneration packages, growth opportunities and flexible schedule. The increasing competition for talents will result in higher labor cost and pose a challenge to the growth of wet trades market.
Higher material cost: The price of raw material in the wet trade works industry has risen continuously. For example, prices of sand, Portland cement and concrete blocks have increased from 2016 to 2021, registering CAGRs of approximately 17.6%, 3.1% and 4.1%, respectively. Amongst all raw materials used in wet trades works, the average price of sand has increased the most, primarily due to the limited supply of river sand in the PRC. The inflation in material cost will result in higher expenditure of wet trades market participants, which may further negatively impact of profit margin.
Labor Cost Analysis
Generally, wet trades works required plasterer, marble worker, bricklayer, and concreter. According to Frost & Sullivan, the average daily wages of major wet trades workers, have increased from approximately HK$1,440.1 (approximately US$184.6) per day in 2016 to approximately HK$1,445.7 (approximately US$185.3) per day in 2021, representing a CAGR of 0.1%. The decrease of wage of wet trade works workers in 2018 was mainly due to increase of labor supply. For instance, as compared to 2017, the number of bricklayer and concreter increased by approximately 11.5% and 8.0% in 2018, respectively. In 2019, there was slight decrease in gross value of construction works in the private sector due to uncertainties including the developments of the US-China trade relations and the social movement in Hong Kong against the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill in 2019, which in turn led to the decrease in demand, and thus, the average daily wages of wet trade workers in Hong Kong. The average daily wages of wet trade workers increased from HK$1,415.4 (approximately US$181.5) in 2019 to HK$1,464.1 (approximately US$187.7) in 2020. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, some ongoing construction projects have been postponed, which led to temporary decrease in the demand for construction workers and the slowdown in growth of average daily wages of wet trade workers in 2021. The rise in the average daily wages of wet trades workers was principally due to the imbalance between the demand and supply of experienced construction workers available in the market and the labor shortage is very likely to continue in the future years, which the average daily wages of wet trades workers will grow at a CAGR of 2.2% during 2022 to 2026.
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註: 濕工平均日薪津是根據抹灰工、大理石工、泥瓦工、 而且更具體。
資料來源: Frost&Sullivan報告
原 材料成本分析
波特蘭 水泥、水硬性石灰、混凝土砌塊、集料、沙、油漆和釉面瓷磚是 濕交易很管用。濕貨行業使用的所有建築材料的平均價格在#年呈上升趨勢。 過去的幾年裡。在所有濕行業工程材料中,砂子的平均價格有顯著的增長,年復合增長率上升。 增長17.6%,由2016年的每公噸約137.7港元(約17.7美元)增至約310.0港元(約 在2021年,由於中國河沙供應有限,每公噸約39.7美元。原材料成本上漲的主要原因是 由於香港持續進行建造工程,支持了對這些建造工程的需求 材料,以及某些材料的有限供應,如河沙。在接下來的幾年裡,主要建築的平均價格 濕法工程中的材料可能會攀升,因為由於持續的 建築專案在香港開工。
項目 | 單元 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022E | 2026E | CAGR (2016- | CAGR (2022E- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
矽酸鹽水泥 | 每公噸港元 | 714.7 | 699.9 | 698.5 | 727.8 | 747.3 | 832.5 | 834.2 | 840.8 | 3.1 | % | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
水硬性石灰 | 每公噸港元 | 585.5 | 700.5 | 630.2 | 625.1 | 630.5 | 631.5 | 636.5 | 657.1 | 1.5 | % | 0.8 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
混凝土塊 | 每公噸港元 | 76 | 76.4 | 77 | 79.8 | 80.5 | 93 | 93.8 | 97.2 | 4.1 | % | 0.9 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
聚集體 | 每公噸港元 | 67.8 | 59.3 | 65.2 | 70.7 | 88 | 100 | 102.5 | 113.1 | 8.1 | % | 2.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
砂 | 每公噸港元 | 137.7 | 121.4 | 204.4 | 276.7 | 281.3 | 310 | 350.3 | 571.1 | 17.6 | % | 13.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
油漆 | 港元 每升 | 51.9 | 51.5 | 53 | 55.4 | 56.2 | 59.8 | 60.9 | 65.9 | 2.9 | % | 2.0 | % |
註: 油漆的平均價格包括乳膠漆和丙烯酸漆,而釉面的平均價格 陶瓷牆磚包括白色瓷磚和彩色瓷磚。
資料來源: Frost&Sullivan報告
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競爭 概述
的 就市場參與者數量而言,香港的濕貿易工作市場被認為是分散的。根據施工 行業議會,有500多個承包商在「精加工濕貿易」行業專業下註冊 2021年底。
該集團是一家成熟的濕貿易工廠 2021年市場份額約為0.4%的分包商。
條目 壁壘
資本 要求: 資本要求成為濕貿易工程市場新進入者的障礙。在濕貿易工廠 行業,招聘工人、原材料採購以及向工人支付薪津都需要足夠的資本儲備。 此外,如果客戶要求,發行保證債券可能需要大量資金。市場 與沒有足夠資本的承包商相比,擁有足夠資本的參與者更有可能承擔大規模的項目 資源沒有工廠的承包商可能會在競爭中失敗並隨後退出市場。
證明 業績記錄和聲譽: NPS記錄是濕貿易工程行業的關鍵競爭因素之一。可信 工作質量的跟蹤記錄、高效的勞動分工、預算控制內的及時交付是 公司進行濕貿易工作。香港的房地產開發商和主要承包商更喜歡與濕貨承包商合作 他們有良好的記錄。沒有良好聲譽的新進入者建立在過去與行業利益相關者的合作之上, 提供服務的經驗會損害公司在市場上的整體競爭力。
技術 專業知識: 技術知識是濕貿易工程新進入者的關鍵障礙之一。現有市場參與者普遍 對抹灰工程、瓷磚鋪設工程、砌磚、牆地瓷磚、繪畫和裝飾有深入的了解, 地面平整和大理石工程,以提供優質的服務。具有技術知識。現有球員的表現 並且他們的作品質量能夠保證達到質量標準。相比之下,新的市場進入者沒有技術知識, 經驗豐富的管理團隊可能競爭力較弱。
因素 競爭
分包商的 註冊計劃: 該集團是註冊專業貿易承包商旗下的註冊精整濕貿易分包商 建造業議會的計劃(前稱分包商註冊計劃)。註冊專業貿易 承包商計劃由建造業議會推出,旨在建立一批有能力且負責任的分包商, 具有建築和工程工程方面的專業技能和較強的職業道德。主要客戶組織和承包商貿易 協會已承諾支持該計劃。主要承包商須聘請該計劃下的註冊分包商 對於公共部門項目,信貸將在招標過程中授予註冊分包商。註冊使 分包商進一步提高對行業業績記錄、財務穩定性和專業知識的認可度,從而擴大 商業網絡。
建立 業務關係: 在濕貿易行業,與客戶建立長期的關係意味著更好地了解客戶的需求 要求並能夠更好地提供客戶服務,並節省協調的時間和成本。通過利用良好的工作 建立在與行業利益相關者合作基礎上的關係,可以在日常運營中大大節省時間和成本。此外, 與材料供應商的良好關係將有助於濕貿易服務提供商保持有競爭力的定價和穩定的供應。 因此,它將進一步提高濕行業工程承包商的執行能力。
Wide Variety of Expertise: During wet trade works, variety of expertise are involved such as plastering, floor screeding and bricklaying. Given the high standard of specialized wet trades works, contractors with proven industry know-how have the competitive advantage in the wet trade works industry in Hong Kong. Moreover, extensive capacity is one of the most important criteria for selecting contractors during tendering process, which in turn increases the possibility of bidding large scale projects.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholder.
售股股東 將支付他因行紀、會計、稅務或法律服務而產生的任何承保折扣、佣金和費用,或 他們在處置普通股時發生的任何其他費用。我們將承擔所有其他成本、費用和開支 實施本招股說明書涵蓋的普通股的登記,包括但不限於所有登記和備案 我們的律師和公證的費用和費用。
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分紅 政策
為 截至2024年、2023年及2022年3月31日止年度,MS(HK)Engineering Limited宣布股息13,347,553港元(約 分別向當時的唯一股東林志明先生支付20,000,000港元(約2,564,103美金)和10,000,000港元(約1,282,051美金)。 該等款項用於抵消應收林啟明先生的餘額。我們目前打算保留大部分(如果不是全部)可用資金 以及本次發行後的任何未來收益,以資助我們業務的發展和增長。因此,我們不期望支付 可預見的未來的任何現金股息。
我們的 董事會完全有權決定是否派發股息,但須受開曼群島的某些限制。 島法,即我們公司只能從利潤或股票溢價中支付股息,並且在任何情況下都不能這樣做 如果這將導致我們公司在正常業務過程中無法償還到期的債務,則可以支付股息。 此外,我們的股東可以通過普通決議宣佈股息,但股息不得超過我們的 董事會。即使我們的董事會決定分紅,未來分紅的時間,金額和形式, 將取決於我們未來的經營業績和現金流、我們的資本需求和盈餘、 我們從子公司收到的分配(如果有)、我們的財務狀況、合同限制和其他被認為是 與我們的董事會有關。請參閱本招股說明書的“稅務”一節,以瞭解有關 宣佈的任何現金股利的潛在稅收後果。
如果 我們決定在未來對我們的任何普通股支付股息,作為控股公司,我們將取決於收到的資金 來自我們的英屬維京群島子公司MS(HK)Construction Engineering Limited以及我們的香港運營子公司。那裡 香港和英屬維京群島不對股息收入徵稅。
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管理層的 財務狀況和運營結果的討論和分析
這個 以下對我們的財務狀況和經營結果的討論和分析應與我們的財務 報表及其相關附註和其他財務資訊,包括在本招股說明書的其他部分。這場討論 包含前瞻性陳述。這些前瞻性陳述受各種因素、風險和不確定性的影響,這些因素、風險和不確定性可能 導致實際結果與這些前瞻性陳述中反映的結果大不相同。此外,由於這些因素, 風險和不確定性,前瞻性事件可能不會發生。相關因素、風險和不確定因素包括但不限於 至“業務”、“風險因素”一節及本招股說明書其他部分所討論的事項。讀者 告誡不要過度依賴前瞻性陳述,這些前瞻性陳述反映了管理層截至 此註冊聲明的日期。我們沒有義務公開更新或修改任何前瞻性陳述,無論是作為 新資訊、未來事件或其他方面的結果。請參閱“關於前瞻性陳述的告誡”。
概述
我們 是一家豁免有限責任公司,於2022年8月2日根據開曼群島法律註冊成立,作為控股公司 我們的業務主要通過我們間接全資擁有的香港運營子公司MS(HK)Engineering運營 有限公司和MS Engineering Co.,有限公司(「運營子公司」)。明盛集團控股有限公司(「公司」) 不是一家香港運營公司,而是一家開曼群島控股公司,由我們的運營子公司在 香港我們主要從事濕行業工程,如抹灰工程、瓷磚鋪設工程、砌磚工程、地板熨平工程, 和大理石作品。在較小的程度上,我們還為客戶提供小規模的裝修服務,例如裝修工程。
MS (HK)工程有限公司和MS工程有限公司,有限公司分別成立於2012年和2019年。在我們的運營歷史中 大約十年來,我們一直專注於以分包商的身份提供濕貿易工程服務,並積累了我們的專業知識 以及濕貿易工作的記錄。我們專注於項目管理和監督在執行項目中的作用, 我們已聘請分包商在我們的監督下進行大部分現場工程。通常,我們的主要職責 在項目中包括(i)安排現場準備和初步工作;(ii)聘請和監督我們的分包商;(iii)監控 實施現場工程;(iv)進行現場安全監督和質量控制;及(v)制定詳細的工作時間表 以及工作分配計劃。
我們, 通過我們的運營子公司,主要從事香港的私營部門項目。到目前為止,我們的私營部門項目 主要涉及私人住宅發展和商業發展。我們私營部門項目的項目所有者 通常是房地產開發商,而我們的客戶通常是主要承包商和從事的濕貿易工程分包商 在這樣的項目下。到目前為止,我們還在較小程度上參與了香港的公共部門項目。我們的公共部門 項目主要涉及公共住宅開發以及基礎設施和公共設施開發。客戶 我們的公共部門項目通常由政府部門和法定機構聘請的主要承包商。
作為 截至本招股說明書日期,MS(HK)Engineering Limited為指定行業類別的註冊專業貿易承包商 (第二組)建造業議會註冊專門貿易承包商計劃。MS Engineering Co.,有限 主要專業提供抹灰工程、瓷磚鋪設工程、大理石工程等濕行業工程服務, 私人住宅開發項目的分包商。自MS Engineering Co.以來,Limited專注於私營部門項目,MS Engineering 公司,有限公司無需也沒有在建築業的註冊專業貿易承包商計劃下註冊 行業委員會。
為 截至2024年、2023年和2022年3月31日止年度,總收入為27,572,692美金、21,868,220美金和14,383,980美金, 分別截至2024年3月31日止年度,我們的毛利潤和淨利潤分別為5,093,079美金和2,326,597美金, 相比之下,截至3月份止年度,我們的毛利潤和淨利潤分別為3,494,548美金和2,787,236美金 截至2022年3月31日止年度,我們的毛利潤和淨利潤分別為2,628,869美金和1,803,509美金。
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A reorganization of the Company (the “Reorganization”) was completed on December 5, 2022. On August 2, 2022, the Company was incorporated in the Cayman Islands and issued 1 ordinary share at par value of US$1 to Ogier Global Subscriber (Cayman) Limited. On August 17 2022, Ogier Global Subscriber (Cayman) Limited transferred 1 ordinary share to Mr. Chi Ming Lam and on the same day, the Company issued 49,999 ordinary shares at par value of US$1 to Mr. Chi Ming Lam. On August 17, 2022, MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited (“MSC”) was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. On November 25, 2022, MSC entered into share exchange agreements with the Company and Mr. Chi Ming Lam. Pursuant to the share exchange agreements, the Company issued 11,249 ordinary shares at par value of US$1 to Mr. Chi Ming Lam in exchange of 100% ownership of MS (HK) Engineering Limited and MS Engineering Co., Limited via MSC. Upon completion of the above share exchange, MS (HK) Engineering Limited and MS Engineering Co., Limited became direct wholly-owned subsidiaries of MSC. On November 25, 2022, Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 49,999 shares to the Company for cancellation, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such shares on the same day. On December 5, 2022, Mr. Chi Ming Lam, the then sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved a subdivision of each of the issued and unissued shares with a par value of USD1 each into 2,000 shares with a par value of USD0.0005 each as part of the Company’s reorganization (the “Share Subdivision”). Subsequent to the Share Subdivision, the authorized share capital of the Company shall become USD50,000 divided into 100,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of USD0.0005 each, of which 22,500,000 Ordinary Shares were held by Mr. Chi Ming Lam. Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 6,450,000 shares to the Company for cancellation, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such shares on December 5, 2022. Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 2,925,000 shares to the Company for cancellation, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such shares on June 2, 2023. Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 375,000 shares to the Company for cancellation, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such shares on June 12, 2023. Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 1,500,000 shares to the Company for cancellation, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such shares on June 15, 2023. Subsequently, Mr. Chi Ming Lam holds 11,250,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of USD0.0005.
During the years presented in these financial statements, the control of the entities has never changed (always under the control of Chi Ming Lam). Accordingly, the combination has been treated as a corporate restructuring (reorganization) of entities under common control and thus the current capital structure has been retroactively presented in prior periods as if such structure existed at that time and in accordance with ASC 805-50-45-5, the entities under common control are presented on a combined basis for all periods to which such entities were under common control. Since all of the subsidiaries were under common control for years ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, except for MS Engineering Co., Limited which was under common control starting from October 20, 2021. The results of the subsidiaries are included in the financial statements for both periods and MS Engineering Co., Limited starting from October 20, 2021.
Our principal growth strategies are to further strengthen our market position, increase our market share, and capture the growth in the Hong Kong wet trades works industry. We intend to achieve our business objectives by expanding our scale of operation through our intended effort in actively seeking opportunities in undertaking additional wet trades works projects, from both our existing and potential new customers, on top of our present scale of operation and our current projects on hand. To achieve these goals, we plan to implement the following strategies:
Enhance competitiveness and expanding our market share
We believe that we should focus on deploying our resources towards competing for additional and more sizeable wet trades works projects in Hong Kong. However, the number of projects that can be executed by us concurrently at any given time is constrained by our then available resources, including availability of our manpower and working capital. We plan to enhance our competitiveness by strengthening our manpower and working capital in order to capture the potential opportunities in the growing wet trades works market.
Acquiring additional equipment
We generally deploy equipment owned by us for use by our subcontractors in our projects. We believe that it is crucial for us to enhance our set of equipment in order to best equip our employees and our subcontractors enabling them to carry out their work. We believe that a larger set of equipment will allow us to (i) improve our overall work efficiency and technical capability; and (ii) enhance our flexibility to deploy our resources more efficiently.
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Enhancing our brand
We secured our new business through direct invitations for tenders by customers. We believe that we can broaden our customer base and attract more invitations from potential customers by increasing our marketing efforts to promote our brand and market presence in the wet trades works industry in Hong Kong.
Our planned marketing efforts include (i) setting up dedicated web pages for advertising our services; (ii) placing advertisements in industry publications; (iii) sponsoring business events and charity functions organized by property developers and construction contractors; (iv) sending promotional booklets and other promotional materials for advertising our services; and (v) approaching potential customers more actively to secure new business opportunities for our wet trades works services.
Key Factors that Affect Operating Results
We believe the following key factors may affect our financial condition and results of operations:
Non-recurrent nature of our projects
Our revenue is typically derived from projects which are non-recurrent in nature and our customers are under no obligation to award projects to us. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, we secured new businesses mainly through invitation for tender by customers. There is no assurance that we will be able to secure new contracts in the future. Accordingly, the number and scale of projects and the amount of revenue we are able to derive therefrom may vary significantly from period to period, and it may be difficult to forecast the volume of future business. In the event that we fail to secure new contracts or there is a significant decrease in the number of tender invitations or contracts available for bidding in the future, our business, financial position and prospects could be materially and adversely affected.
Performance and availability of our subcontractors
We focus on the role of project management and supervision in carrying out our projects and we generally engage subcontractors to perform part of the site works under our supervision. In order to control and ensure the quality and progress of the works of our subcontractors, we select subcontractors based on their quality of services, qualifications, skills and technique, prevailing market price, delivery time, availability of resources in accommodating our requests, and reputation. There is no assurance that the work quality of our subcontractors can always meet our requirements. We may be affected by the non-performance, inappropriate, or poor quality of works rendered by our subcontractors. Such events could impact upon our profitability, financial performance, and reputation. In addition, there is no assurance that we will always be able to secure services from suitable subcontractors when required, or be able to negotiate favorable fees and terms of service with subcontractors. In such events, our operation and financial position may be adversely affected.
In the event that our subcontractors fail to follow the safety guidelines and other requirements imposed by our customers, we may be liable to pay to our customers the expenses and penalties incurred by them. Although we are entitled to be compensated by our subcontractors in relation to such penalties under the subcontracting agreement, we may not be able to claim from such subcontractors in order to maintain a stable relationship with our major subcontractors. In such event, we may be subject to additional costs and penalties incurred by our subcontractors in relation to their failure to comply with the safety procedures and other requirements imposed by our customers.
Estimation of project costs
When determining our tender price, our management would estimate the time and costs involved in a project taking into account (i) the scope of works; (ii) the price trend for the types of subcontracting services as well as materials required; (iii) the complexity and the location of the project; (iv) the estimated number and types of equipment required; (v) the completion time requested by customers; and (vi) the availability of our labor and financial resources.
There is no assurance that the actual amount of time and costs incurred during the performance of our projects would not exceed our estimation. The actual amount of time and costs incurred in completing a project may be adversely affected by many factors, including unforeseen site conditions, adverse weather conditions, accidents, non-performance by our subcontractors, unexpected significant increase in costs of materials agreed to be borne by us, unexpected increase in the amount of rectification works requested by our customers and other unforeseen problems and circumstances. Any material inaccurate estimation in the time and costs involved in a project may give rise to delays in completion of works and/or cost overruns, which in turn may materially and adversely affect our financial condition, profitability, and liquidity. We typically bear the risk of delays and cost overruns in our projects and we are generally unable to pass these costs to our customers.
We are exposed to risks of general economic downturn and deteriorating market conditions, such as Sino-U.S. trade conflicts
As our business and operations are based in Hong Kong, our business growth is primarily dependent upon the economy and market condition in Hong Kong and the PRC. The market conditions are directly affected by, among other things, the global and local political and economic environments, such as uncertainties about the Sino-U.S. trade conflicts. Any sudden downturn in the general economic environment or change to political environment in Hong Kong and the PRC beyond our control may adversely affect the financial market sentiment in general. Severe fluctuations in market and economic sentiments may also lead to a prolonged period of slowdowns in the real estate and construction industries. As such, our revenue and profitability may fluctuate and we cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our historical financial performance in times of difficult or unstable economic conditions.
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Basis of Presentation
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and pursuant to the regulations of SEC. They include the financial statements of our Company and our subsidiaries. All transactions and balances among these entities have been eliminated upon consolidation.
Please also refer to the crucial accounting policies, judgments and estimates adopted by our Company discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The discussion of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis using the vest information available. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions, and the impact of such differences may be material to our consolidated financial statements.
Critical accounting policies are those policies that, in management’s view, are the most important in the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations. The notes to the consolidated financial statements also include disclosure of significant accounting policies. The methods, estimates and judgments that we use in applying our accounting policies have a significant impact on the results that we report in our consolidated financial statements. These critical accounting policies require us to make difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates regarding matters that are inherently uncertain. Those critical accounting policies and estimates that require the most significant judgment are discussed further below.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes contract revenue over time, as performance obligations are satisfied, due to the continuous transfer of control to the customer in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company adopted output method using construction works delivered as this method best represents the measure of progress against the performance obligations incorporated within the contractual agreements.
However, the nature of the Company’s contracts gives rise to several types of variable consideration from the changes in job performance, job conditions and estimated profitability, including those changes arising from unpriced change orders and claims, liquidated damages and penalties and final contract settlements.
Change orders may include changes in specifications or designs, manner of performance, facilities, equipment, materials, sites and period of completion of the work. Either we or our customers may initiate change orders. We consider unapproved change orders to be contract variations for which we have initiated a change of scope which we believe we are contractually entitled to a certain price, but where a price change associated with such change of scope has not yet been agreed upon with our customer. The Company recognizes revenue for variable consideration when it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur. The Company estimates the amount of revenue to be recognized on variable consideration using the expected value (i.e., the sum of a probability-weighted amount) or the most likely amount method, whichever is expected to better predict the amount. Change orders that are unapproved as to both price and scope are evaluated as claims. We consider claims to be amounts in excess of agreed contract prices that we seek to collect from our customers or others for customer-caused delays, errors in specifications and designs, contract terminations, change orders that are either in dispute or are unapproved as to both scope and price, or other causes of unanticipated additional contract costs. The Company mainly considers the change orders as the contract modification. And the Company accounted for the contract modification as if it were a part of the existing contract as the remaining services are not distinct and, therefore, form part of a single performance obligation that is partially satisfied at the date of the contract modification.
Upon completion and final acceptance of the services that we were contracted to perform, we receive our final payment upon completion of the necessary contract closing documents. The accuracy of our revenue recognition in a given period depends on the accuracy of our estimates of the revenues and costs to finish uncompleted contracts. The management reviews and revises the estimates of both contract revenue and costs for the construction services as the contract progresses, because of the nature of the activity undertaken in construction contracts, the date at which the contract activity is entered into and the date when the activity is completed usually fall into different accounting period and actual cost or revenue may be higher or lower than estimated at the end of the reporting period, which could affect the revenue and profit recognized in future years as an adjustment to the amounts recorded to date. The Group reviews and revises the estimates of contract revenue, contract costs and change orders prepared for each construction contract as the contract progresses regularly.
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Provision of expected credit loss allowance for accounts receivable and contract assets
The allowance for credit losses consists of the allowance for credit losses and the allowance for losses on unfunded commitments. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326) — Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” using the modified retrospective approach for accounts receivable and contract assets. The approach requires an estimate of the credit losses expected over the life of an exposure (or pool of exposures). It removes the incurred loss approach’s threshold that delayed the recognition of a credit loss until it was ‘‘probable” that a loss event was ‘‘incurred.’’ The estimate of expected credit losses under the approach is based on relevant information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amounts. Historical loss experience is generally the starting point for estimating expected credit losses, then considers whether the historical loss experience should be adjusted for asset-specific risk characteristics or current conditions at the reporting date that did not exist over the period from which historical experience was used. Finally, the Group considers forecasts about future economic conditions that are reasonable and supportable.
The Group considers the accounting policy relating to the allowance for credit losses to be a critical accounting estimate given the uncertainty in evaluating the level of the allowance required to cover the Group’s estimate of all expected credit losses over the expected contractual life of our accounts receivable and contract assets. Determining the appropriateness of the allowance is complex and requires judgment by management about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Subsequent evaluations of the then-existing accounts receivable and contract assets, in light of the factors then prevailing, may result in significant changes in the allowance for credit losses in those future periods. The impact of utilizing the approach to calculate the reserve for credit losses will be significantly influenced by the composition, characteristics and quality of our accounts receivable and contract assets, as well as the prevailing economic conditions and forecasts utilized. Material changes to these and other relevant factors may result in greater volatility to the reserve for credit losses, and therefore, greater volatility to our reported earnings.
The Group adopted the probability of default and loss given default methods for estimating expected credit losses because it can reflect the Group’s expectation of the recoverability of accounts receivable and contract assets at each of the reporting period. The management makes reference to (i) the research by Moody’s and data of Bloomberg for average cumulative default probability rate of the debtors, and (ii) 2024 Annual default study, Moody’s for the weighted average default rates. In addition, the rates have been adjusted for forward-looking factors by taking into account any observable change in future economic conditions, events and environment. The management assumes historical loss pattern does not vary significantly across the customer groups and there is no expectation of such changes over the expected collection period of the receivables outstanding at the period end.
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Summary of Results of Operations
Comparison of Years Ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations for the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future period.
For the years ended March 31, | Changes | |||||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||
US$ | US$ | US$ | ||||||||||||||
Revenue | 27,572,692 | 21,868,220 | 5,704,472 | 26.1 | % | |||||||||||
Cost of revenue | (22,479,613 | ) | (18,373,672 | ) | 4,105,941 | 22.3 | % | |||||||||
Gross profit | 5,093,079 | 3,494,548 | 1,598,531 | 45.7 | % | |||||||||||
Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | (1,846,753 | ) | (855,597 | ) | 991,156 | 115.8 | % | |||||||||
Total operating expenses | (1,846,753 | ) | (855,597 | ) | 991,156 | 115.8 | % | |||||||||
Income from operations | 3,246,326 | 2,638,951 | 607,375 | 23.0 | % | |||||||||||
Other income (expense) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net | (286,090 | ) | (179,986 | ) | 106,104 | 59 | % | |||||||||
Other income | 15,297 | 797,160 | (781,863 | ) | (98.1 | )% | ||||||||||
Total other (expense) income, net | (270,793 | ) | 617,174 | (887,967 | ) | (143.9 | )% | |||||||||
Income before tax expense | 2,975,533 | 3,256,125 | (280,592 | ) | (8.6 | )% | ||||||||||
Income tax expense | (648,936 | ) | (468,889 | ) | 180,047 | 38.4 | % | |||||||||
Net income and total comprehensive income | 2,326,597 | 2,787,236 | (460,639 | ) | (16.5 | )% |
Revenue
Our revenue was US$27,572,692 for the year ended March 31, 2024 as compared to US$21,868,220 for the year ended March 31, 2023, representing an increase of US$5,704,472, or 26.1%. The increase in our revenue was mainly driven by the number of our projects contributed revenue increased from 20 for the year ended March 31, 2023 to 23 for the year ended March 31, 2024.
We secured our new business through direct invitations for tenders from customers and we receive, from time to time, invitations to submit tenders from construction contractors. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, we submitted 17 and 33 tenders to our potential customers respectively, and our tender success rate was approximately 21.4% and 21.2% for the respective year. We believe that our proven track record of quality works, our expertise in wet trades operations and our ability to deliver work on time are the crucial factors that enable us to gain our customers’ trust and give us a competitive edge when tendering for projects. Our stable tender success rate demonstrates our competitiveness in the Hong Kong wet trades works industry and the satisfaction of our customers with our services.
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our revenue by sector for the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively:
For the years ended March 31, | Changes | |||||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||
US$ | US$ | US$ | ||||||||||||||
Revenue | ||||||||||||||||
Public | 11,488,228 | 6,307,454 | 5,180,774 | 82.1 | % | |||||||||||
Private | 16,084,464 | 15,560,766 | 523,698 | 3.4 | % | |||||||||||
Total revenue | 27,572,692 | 21,868,220 | 5,704,472 | 26.1 | % |
Our revenue from public sector projects was US$11,488,228 for the year ended March 31, 2024 as compared to US$6,307,454 for the year ended March 31, 2023, representing an increase of approximately US$5,180,774, or approximately 82.1%. The increase in revenue from our public sector projects was mainly attributable to the increase in the amount of works performed by our Group in three ongoing sizable public sector projects during the year ended March 31, 2024. The revenue generated from such projects was approximately US$11,060,690 for the year ended March 31, 2024 as compared to US$5,810,379 for the year ended March 31, 2023. The increase in revenue from public sector projects was mainly attributable to the number of our public sector projects increased from 3 for the year ended March 31, 2023 to 7 for the year ended March 31, 2024.
Our revenue from private sector projects was US$16,084,464 for the year ended March 31, 2024 as compared to US$15,560,766 for the year ended March 31, 2023, representing an increase of approximately US$523,698, or approximately 3.4%. The increase in revenue from private sector projects was mainly attributable to the number of our private sector projects increased from 14 for the year ended March 31, 2023 to 16 for the year ended March 31, 2024.
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Cost of revenue
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our cost of revenue for the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:
For the years ended March 31, | Changes | |||||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||
US$ | US$ | |||||||||||||||
Cost of revenue | ||||||||||||||||
Subcontracting costs | 19,432,078 | 14,004,217 | 5,427,861 | 38.8 | % | |||||||||||
Material costs | 1,463,208 | 2,758,803 | (1,295,595 | ) | (47.0 | )% | ||||||||||
Direct labor costs | 1,164,626 | 1,124,112 | 40,514 | 3.6 | % | |||||||||||
Overhead costs | 419,701 | 486,540 | (66,839 | ) | (13.7 | )% | ||||||||||
Total cost of revenue | 22,479,613 | 18,373,672 | 4,105,941 | 22.3 | % |
Our cost of revenue, primarily consist of subcontracting costs, materials costs, direct labor costs and overhead costs such as depreciation of equipment that are directly attributable to services provided. We incurred cost of revenue of US$22,479,613 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$18,373,672 for the year ended March 31, 2023, representing an increase of approximately US$4,105,941, or approximately 22.3%. The increase was generally in line with the increase in revenue while the decrease in material costs for the year ended March 31, 2024 was mainly attributable to certain projects that required the Group to purchase more materials during the year ended March 31, 2023.
Gross profit and gross profit margin
Our total gross profit was US$5,093,079 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$3,494,548 for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of US$1,598,531, or 45.7%. The increase in total gross profit was mainly attributable to the increase in revenue for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to the year ended March 31, 2023 as discussed above. Our total gross profit margin remained relatively stable at 18.5% for the year ended March 31, 2024 and 16.0% for the year ended March 31, 2023.
Our gross profit and gross profit margin by project sector is summarized as follows:
For the years ended March 31, | Changes | |||||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||
Public sector projects | ||||||||||||||||
Gross profit | US$ | 956,115 | US$ | 2,357,065 | US$ | (1,400,950 | ) | (59.4 | )% | |||||||
Gross profit margin | 8.0 | % | 37.4 | % | (29.4 | )% | ||||||||||
Private sector projects | ||||||||||||||||
Gross profit | US$ | 4,136,964 | US$ | 1,137,483 | US$ | 2,999,481 | 263.7 | % | ||||||||
Gross profit margin | 25.7 | % | 7.3 | % | 18.4 | % | ||||||||||
Total | ||||||||||||||||
Gross profit | US$ | 5,093,079 | US$ | 3,494,548 | US$ | 1,598,531 | 45.7 | % | ||||||||
Gross profit margin | 18.5 | % | 16.0 | % | 2.5 | % |
Our gross profit from public sector projects was US$956,115 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$2,357,065 for the year ended March 31, 2023, a decrease of US$1,400,950, or -59.4%. The decrease in gross profit was mainly attributable to the decrease in gross profit margin from public sector projects despite the increase in revenue from public sector projects. Our gross profit margin from public sector projects decreased from 37.4% for the year ended March 31, 2023 to 8.0% for the year ended March 31, 2024. The decrease in gross profit and gross profit margin from public sector projects was mainly because we incurred higher costs for one of our sizable public sector projects when performing rectification and related works as requested by the customers for this project during the year ended March 31, 2024.
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Our gross profit from private sector projects was US$4,136,964 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$1,137,483 for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of US$2,999,481, or 263.7%. The increase in gross profit was mainly attributable to the increase in gross profit margin from private sector projects. Our gross profit margin from private sector projects increased from 7.3% for the year ended March 31, 2023 to 25.7% for the year ended March 31, 2024, which was mainly due to one of our sizable private sector projects that commenced in November 2022 recorded higher gross profit by full year impact. Such project was with tight schedule and incurred certain additional works, and we had set a higher pricing and recorded a relatively higher profit margin for the year ended March 31, 2024.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses mainly consist of administrative staff cost, motor vehicle expenses, office supplies and maintenance expenses, legal and professional fees, change of credit loss allowances and other miscellaneous administrative expenses. We incurred general and administrative expenses of US$1,846,753 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$855,597 for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of US$991,156, or 115.8%. The increase was mainly due to the increase in our staff costs, professional and legal expenses, debt collection fee and site administrative expenses.
Other income (expense)
Other income (expense) mainly included interest expense and other income.
We incurred interest expense of US$286,090 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$179,986 for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of US$106,104, or 59.0%. The increase was mainly due to the increase in our bank borrowings during the year ended March 31, 2024.
Other income mainly represents the government grants received by the Group and other miscellaneous income. We received government grants of nil for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$772,505 for the year ended March 31, 2023. The government grants for the year ended March 31, 2023 mainly included the Employment Support Scheme under Anti-Epidemic Fund, which represented the wage subsidy granted to our Group for the use of paying wages and Mandatory Provident Fund of regular employees from May 2022 to July 2022. These government grants were designed to be relief measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are non-recurring in nature.
Income tax expense
Our company, Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited, was incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Our wholly owned subsidiary, MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited, was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Pursuant to the current rules and regulations, the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands currently levy no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains or appreciations and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. Therefore, the Company is not subject to any income tax in the Cayman Islands or British Virgin Islands.
Our two indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries, MS (HK) Engineering Limited and MS Engineering Co., Limited, are subject to income tax within Hong Kong at the applicable tax rate on taxable income. Hong Kong profit tax rates are 8.25% on assessable profits up to HK$2,000,000 (US$256,410), and 16.5% on any part of assessable profits over HK$2,000,000 (US$256,410). For the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, our Group had assessable profits in Hong Kong and a provision for paying the Hong Kong profits tax has been made accordingly.
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We incurred income tax expenses of US$648,936 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$468,889 for the year ended March 31, 2023, an increase of US$180,047, or 38.4%, mainly due to the combined effects of the decrease in non-taxable income and the increase in non-deductible expenditure.. Our effective tax rate was approximately 21.8% for the year ended March 31, 2024 and approximately 14.4% for the year ended March 31, 2023. The relatively lower effective tax rate for the year ended March 31, 2023 was due to the non-taxable government grants received by our Group during the year ended March 31, 2023.
Net income and total comprehensive income
As a result of the forgoing, we reported a net income and total comprehensive income of US$2,326,597 for the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to US$2,787,236 for the year ended March 31, 2023, a decrease of US$460,639, or -16.5%. Such decrease was mainly attributable to (i) the increase in gross profit and gross profit margin as discussed above; (ii) the recognition of total other expense, net during the year ended March 31, 2024, as compared to total other income, net during the year ended March 31, 2023, due to the decrease in government grants received by the Group; and (iii) the increase in professional and legal expenses (included in general and administrative expenses) which represented audit fee and indirect listing expenses during the year ended March 31, 2024.
Comparison of Years Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022
The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future period.
For the years ended March 31, | Changes | |||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||
US$ | US$ | US$ | ||||||||||||||
Revenue | 21,868,220 | 14,383,980 | 7,484,240 | 52.0 | % | |||||||||||
Cost of revenue | (18,373,672 | ) | (11,755,111 | ) | 6,618,561 | 56.3 | % | |||||||||
Gross profit | 3,494,548 | 2,628,869 | 865,679 | 32.9 | % | |||||||||||
Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | (855,597 | ) | (512,650 | ) | 342,947 | 66.9 | % | |||||||||
Total operating expenses | (855,597 | ) | (512,650 | ) | 342,947 | 66.9 | % | |||||||||
Income from operations | 2,638,951 | 2,116,219 | 522,732 | 24.7 | % | |||||||||||
Other income (expense) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net | (179,986 | ) | (74,574 | ) | 105,412 | 141.4 | % | |||||||||
Other income | 797,160 | 78,960 | 718,200 | 909.6 | % | |||||||||||
Total other income, net | 617,174 | 4,386 | 612,788 | 13,971.5 | % | |||||||||||
Income before tax expense | 3,256,125 | 2,120,605 | 1,135,520 | 53.5 | % | |||||||||||
Income tax expense | (468,889 | ) | (317,096 | ) | 151,793 | 47.9 | % | |||||||||
Net income and total comprehensive income | 2,787,236 | 1,803,509 | 983,727 | 54.5 | % |
Revenue
Our revenue was US$21,868,220 for the year ended March 31, 2023 as compared to US$14,383,980 for the year ended March 31, 2022, representing an increase of approximately US$7,484,240, or approximately 52.0%. The increase in our revenue was mainly driven by the number of our projects contributed revenue increased from 16 for the year ended March 31, 2022 to 20 for the year ended March 31, 2023, of which the number of our projects contributed revenue of over US$1,000,000 during the year increased from 3 for the year ended March 31, 2022 to 8 for the year ended March 31, 2023.
We secured our new business through direct invitations for tenders from customers and we receive, from time to time, invitations to submit tenders from construction contractors. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, we submitted 33 and 39 tenders to our potential customers respectively, and our tender success rate was approximately 21.2% and 20.5% for the respective year. We believe that our proven track record of quality works, our expertise in wet trades operations and our ability to deliver work on time are the crucial factors that enable us to gain our customers’ trust and give us a competitive edge when tendering for projects. Our stable tender success rate demonstrates our competitiveness in the Hong Kong wet trades works industry and the satisfaction of our customers with our services.
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The following table sets forth the breakdown of our revenue by sector for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively:
For the years ended March 31, | Changes | |||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||
US$ | US$ | US$ | ||||||||||||||
Revenue | ||||||||||||||||
Public | 6,307,454 | 2,029,667 | 4,277,787 | 210.8 | % | |||||||||||
Private | 15,560,766 | 12,354,313 | 3,206,453 | 26.0 | % | |||||||||||
Total revenue | 21,868,220 | 14,383,980 | 7,484,240 | 52.0 | % |
Our revenue from public sector projects was US$6,307,454 for the year ended March 31, 2023 as compared to US$2,029,667 for the year ended March 31, 2022, representing an increase of approximately US$4,277,787, or approximately 210.8%. The increase in revenue from our public sector projects was mainly attributable to the increase in the amount of works performed by our Group in two ongoing sizable public sector projects that commenced in September 2022. The revenue generated from such two projects were approximately US$5,708,292 for the year ended March 31, 2023 as compared to US$ nil for the year ended March 31, 2022.
Our revenue from private sector projects was US$15,560,766 for the year ended March 31, 2023 as compared to US$12,354,313 for the year ended March 31, 2022, representing an increase of approximately US$3,206,453, or approximately 26.0%. The increase in revenue from private sector projects was mainly attributable to the number of our private sector projects increased from 12 for the year ended March 31, 2022 to 14 for the year ended March 31, 2023.
Cost of revenue
The following table sets forth the breakdown of our cost of revenue for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:
For the years ended March 31, | Changes | |||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||
US$ | US$ | |||||||||||||||
Cost of revenue | ||||||||||||||||
Subcontracting costs | 14,004,217 | 9,772,994 | 4,231,223 | 43.3 | % | |||||||||||
Material costs | 2,758,803 | 1,043,647 | 1,715,156 | 164.3 | % | |||||||||||
Direct labor costs | 1,124,112 | 743,361 | 380,751 | 51.2 | % | |||||||||||
Overhead costs | 486,540 | 195,109 | 291,431 | 149.4 | % | |||||||||||
Total cost of revenue | 18,373,672 | 11,755,111 | 6,618,561 | 56.3 | % |
Our cost of revenue, primarily consist of subcontracting costs, materials costs, direct labor costs and overhead costs such as depreciation of equipment that are directly attributable to services provided. We incurred cost of revenue of US$18,373,672 for the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared to US$11,755,111 for the year ended March 31, 2022, representing an increase of approximately US$6,618,561, or approximately 56.3%. The increase was generally in line with the increase in revenue while the increase in material costs for the year ended March 31, 2023 was mainly attributable to the increase in the number and size of projects that required the Group to purchase more materials during the year ended March 31, 2023.
Gross profit and gross profit margin
Our total gross profit was US$3,494,548 for the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared to US$2,628,869 for the year ended March 31, 2022, an increase of US$865,679, or 32.9%. The increase in total gross profit was mainly attributable to the increase in revenue for the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the year ended March 31, 2022 as discussed above. Our total gross profit margin remained relatively stable at 16.0% for the year ended March 31, 2023 and 18.3% for the year ended March 31, 2022.
Our gross profit and gross profit margin by project sector is summarized as follows:
For the years ended March 31, | Changes | |||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||
Public sector projects | ||||||||||||||||
Gross profit | US$ | 2,357,065 | US$ | 348,218 | US$ | 2,008,847 | 576.9 | % | ||||||||
Gross profit margin | 37.4 | % | 17.2 | % | 20.2 | % | ||||||||||
Private sector projects | ||||||||||||||||
Gross profit | US$ | 1,137,483 | US$ | 2,280,651 | US$ | (1,143,168 | ) | (50.1 | )% | |||||||
Gross profit margin | 7.3 | % | 18.5 | % | (11.2 | )% | ||||||||||
Total | ||||||||||||||||
Gross profit | US$ | 3,494,548 | US$ | 2,628,869 | US$ | 865,679 | 32.9 | % | ||||||||
Gross profit margin | 16.0 | % | 18.3 | % | (2.33 | )% |
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Our gross profit from public sector projects was US$2,357,065 for the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared to US$348,218 for the year ended March 31, 2022, an increase of US$2,008,847, or 576.9%. The increase in gross profit was mainly attributable to the increase in revenue from public sector projects as discussed above. Our gross profit margin from public sector projects increased from 17.2% for the year ended March 31, 2022 to 37.4% for the year ended March 31, 2023, which was mainly due to two of our sizable public sector projects that commenced in September 2022 were with higher gross profit margin. Such projects were technically less complex than originally expected which resulted in lower costs incurred when performing the relevant wet trades works and we were able to record a higher profit margin from such projects.
Our gross profit from private sector projects was US$1,137,483 for the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared to US$2,280,651 for the year ended March 31, 2022, a decrease of US$1,143,168, or -50.1%. The decrease in gross profit was mainly attributable to the decrease in gross profit margin from private sector projects despite the increase in revenue from private sector projects. Our gross profit margin from private sector projects decreased from 18.5% for the year ended March 31, 2022 to 7.3% for the year ended March 31, 2023, which was mainly due to the relatively lower gross profit margin from certain private sector projects as a result delay in project schedule which resulted in higher cost incurred than expected and recorded a lower profit margin.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses mainly consist of administrative staff cost, motor vehicle expenses, office supplies and maintenance expenses, legal and professional fees, change of credit loss allowances and other miscellaneous administrative expenses. We incurred general and administrative expenses of US$855,597 for the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared to US$512,650 for the year ended March 31, 2022, an increase of US$342,947, or 66.9%. The increase was mainly due to the increase in our staff costs and other expenses such as motor vehicle expenses and provision of expected credit loss allowance on accounts receivable and contract assets.
Other income (expense)
Other income (expense) mainly included interest expense and other income.
We incurred interest expense of US$179,986 for the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared to US$74,574 for the year ended March 31, 2022, an increase of US$105,412, or 141.4%. The increase was mainly due to the increase in our bank borrowings during the year ended March 31, 2023.
Other income mainly represents the government grants received by the Group and other miscellaneous income. We received government grants of US$772,505 for the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared to US$73,251 for the year ended March 31, 2022, an increase of US$699,254, or 954.6%. The government grants for the year ended March 31, 2023 mainly included the Employment Support Scheme under Anti-Epidemic Fund, which represented the wage subsidy granted to our Group for the use of paying wages and Mandatory Provident Fund of regular employees from May 2022 to July 2022. These government grants were designed to be relief measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are non-recurring in nature. The government grants we received for the year ended March 31, 2022 mainly included the Intermediate Tradesman Collaborative Training Scheme received from Construction Industry Council, which represented the subsidy granted to our Group for the use of training up new entrants to the construction industry.
Income tax expense
Our company, Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited, was incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Our wholly owned subsidiary, MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited, was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Pursuant to the current rules and regulations, the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands currently levy no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains or appreciations and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. Therefore, the Company is not subject to any income tax in the Cayman Islands or British Virgin Islands.
Our two indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries, MS (HK) Engineering Limited and MS Engineering Co., Limited, are subject to income tax within Hong Kong at the applicable tax rate on taxable income. Hong Kong profit tax rates are 8.25% on assessable profits up to HK$2,000,000 (US$256,410), and 16.5% on any part of assessable profits over HK$2,000,000 (US$256,410). For the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, our Group had assessable profits in Hong Kong and a provision for paying the Hong Kong profits tax has been made accordingly.
We incurred income tax expenses of US$468,889 for the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared to US$317,096 for the year ended March 31, 2022, an increase of US$151,793, or 47.9%, mainly due to the increase in profit before taxation as a result of the increase in revenue and gross profit as discussed above. Our effective tax rate was approximately 14.4% for the year ended March 31, 2023 and approximately 15.0% for the year ended March 31, 2022. The relatively lower effective tax rate for the year ended March 31, 2023 was due to the non-taxable government grants received by our Group during the year ended March 31, 2023.
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Net income and total comprehensive income
As a result of the forgoing, we reported a net income and total comprehensive income of US$2,787,236 for the year ended March 31, 2023, as compared to US$1,803,509 for the year ended March 31, 2022, an increase of US$983,727, or 54.5%. Such increase was mainly attributable to the net effect of (i) the increase in revenue and gross profit as discussed above; (ii) the increase in other income due to the increase in government grants received by the Group; and (iii) the increase in general and administrative expenses.
Acquisition of MS Engineering Co., Limited
MS Engineering Co., Limited (“MSE”) was incorporated on March 27, 2019 in Hong Kong as a limited liability company by an independent third party, its principal activities were provision of wet trades works. On October 20, 2021, Mr. Chi Ming Lam purchased all the shares and became the sole shareholder of MSE. The results of MS (HK) Engineering Limited were included in the financial statements for both periods and results of MSE were included commencing from October 20, 2021.
As part of the corporate reorganization which took place for the purposes of the initial public offering, Mr. Chi Ming Lam, MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited and our Company entered into a reorganization agreement dated November 25, 2022, pursuant to which MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited acquired 1 ordinary share of MS (HK) Engineering Limited from Mr. Chi Ming Lam and acquired 10,000 ordinary shares of MSE from Mr. Chi Ming Lam. In consideration for these acquisitions, our Company allotted and issued 11,249 Ordinary Shares of US$1 each, credited as fully paid, to Mr. Chi Ming Lam.
As of March 31, 2022, the Company had net operating loss carry forward of USD678,335, from MSE, which were operating at losses prior to the year ended March 31, 2022, and prior to the date of acquisition, October 20, 2021. During the period from October 20, 2021 to March 31, 2022, MSE generated revenue of USD1,215,686, and recorded a net loss of USD24,752. For the year ended March 31, 2023, MSE generated revenue of USD763,522, and recorded a net loss of USD195,484. The impact of the acquisition of the subsidiary is considered not material to our results of operations.
Discussion of Certain Balance Sheet Items
The following table sets forth selected information from our consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2024 and 2023. This information should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.
As
of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
US$ | US$ | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 1,080,514 | 323,958 | ||||||
Accounts receivable, net | 1,643,568 | 3,323,520 | ||||||
Contract assets | 6,098,497 | 3,150,729 | ||||||
Due from a related party | - | 78,355 | ||||||
Deposits, prepayments and other current assets | 20,925 | 38,780 | ||||||
8,843,504 | 6,915,342 | |||||||
Non-current assets | ||||||||
Property and equipment, net | 1,223,100 | 11,923 | ||||||
Right-of-use assets - finance lease | 216,065 | 343,182 | ||||||
Life insurance policy, cash surrender value | 160,891 | 155,751 | ||||||
Contract assets | 740,600 | 70,819 | ||||||
Deferred costs | 704,568 | 783,221 | ||||||
Deferred tax assets | 150 | 2,256 | ||||||
3,045,374 | 1,367,152 | |||||||
Total assets | 11,888,878 | 8,282,494 | ||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||||
Accounts payable | 3,166,177 | 1,884,046 | ||||||
Bank borrowings | 3,818,453 | 3,823,633 | ||||||
Finance lease liabilities | 67,372 | 84,959 | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 136,791 | 83,351 | ||||||
Income tax payable | 552,670 | 305,590 | ||||||
7,741,463 | 6,181,579 | |||||||
Non-current liabilities | ||||||||
Bank borrowings | 3,033,780 | 1,498,485 | ||||||
Finance lease liabilities | 114,495 | 216,373 | ||||||
Deferred tax liabilities | 878 | 3,167 | ||||||
3,149,153 | 1,718,025 | |||||||
Total liabilities | 10,890,616 | 7,899,604 |
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Cash and cash equivalents
Our cash and cash equivalents increased from US$323,958 as of March 31, 2023 to US$1,080,514 as of March 31, 2024. The increase mainly resulted from our business operations as well as the repayments and proceeds from bank borrowings.
Accounts receivable, net
Our accounts receivable, net decreased from US$3,323,520 as of March 31, 2023 to US$1,643,568 as of March 31, 2024, which was mainly due to the different credit periods granted by us to different customers and the fluctuation of the amounts we received from different customers as of the respective reporting dates.
Contract assets
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Unbilled revenue | 5,960,812 | 2,453,088 | ||||||
Retention receivables | 977,931 | 793,481 | ||||||
Less: allowance for credit loss | (99,646 | ) | (25,021 | ) | ||||
Contract assets, net | 6,839,097 | 3,221,548 |
Our contract assets increased from US$3,221,548 as of March 31, 2023 to US$6,839,097 as of March 31, 2024, which was mainly due to the increase of (i) unbilled revenue amount of US$3,440,661; and (ii) retention receivables amount of US$176,888. Unbilled revenue represents revenue recognized in excess of amounts billed, which was due to works performed before the year ended March 31, 2023 and 2024 for certain projects, but for which certification was received after March 31, 2023 and 2024 - customers typically issue the certification in the following month or within 2-3 months commencing in the month in which our works were performed, depending on the project’s scale, complexity and customer’s internal processes. The increase in unbilled revenue is normalized in relation to the underlying project schedules and the timing of customer certifications. The significant increase in the unbilled revenue amount as of March 31, 2024 as compared to that as of March 31, 2023 was mainly due to the increase in the amount of works performed under different projects near the respective year end date. As such, we completed our works, but the certification lag creates a temporary timing difference because the works are completed but the Company issues invoice only after receiving the certification in accordance with the contract term and receivable will be recorded upon issuance of invoices. As a result, revenue and contract assets - unbilled revenue is appropriately recognized, for which certification is received after the end of the reporting period. The certification lag is a normal operational timing difference. Any amount previously recognized as unbilled revenue is billed and reclassified to accounts receivable at the point when certification received. All of our unbilled revenue as of March 31, 2024 had been subsequently billed as of July 31, 2024.
Due from a related party
For the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the balance of due from a related party represented the advances to the director amounted to nil and US$78,355, respectively. The balance has been fully repaid as of March 31, 2024.
Deferred costs
Our deferred costs represented deferred IPO costs, mainly include professional fees paid in relation to our listing activities. As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the balance was US$704,568 and US$783,221, respectively.
Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets- finance lease
Our ROU assets decreased in value from US$343,182 as of March 31, 2023 to US$216,065 as of March 31, 2024 mainly attributable to the amortization of the assets recognized and disposal of ROU assets during the year ended March 31, 2024.
Accounts payable
Our accounts payable mainly comprised of trade payables to subcontractors and suppliers of materials. Our accounts payable increased from US$1,884,046 as of March 31, 2023 to US$3,166,177 as of March 31, 2024, primarily due to the different credit periods granted by the suppliers to us and the fluctuation of the amounts we paid to different suppliers as of the respective reporting dates.
Bank borrowings
As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, we had an outstanding bank borrowings balance of US$6,852,233 and US$5,322,118, respectively. The increase in the outstanding bank borrowings balance was mainly due to the business funding needs in respect of the expansion of our business scale.
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Finance lease liabilities
As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, we had finance lease liabilities of US$181,867 and US$301,332, respectively. The decrease in our finance lease liabilities as of March 31, 2024 was mainly due to the repayment of finance lease liabilities during the year ended March 31, 2024.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal sources of funds have historically been our equity capital, cash generated from our operations and bank borrowings. Our primary liquidity requirements are to finance our working capital needs, and fund our capital expenditures and the growth of our operations. Going forward, we expect these sources to continue to be our principal sources of liquidity, and we may use a portion of the proceeds from the initial public offering to finance a portion of our liquidity requirements.
As of March 31, 2024, we had US$1,080,514 in cash. Our working capital requirements are influenced by the size of our operations, the contract sum of our work contracts, the progress of execution on our work contracts, and the timing for collecting accounts receivable, and repayment of accounts payable.
As of March 31, 2024, we had outstanding bank borrowings of US$6,852,233, of which the bank borrowings of US$3,818,453 will be payable within one year and the bank borrowings of US$3,033,780 will be payable after one year and within 11 years. We had aggregate banking facilities of approximately US$7.0 million, of which approximately US$6.9 million was utilized. We are not committed to draw down the unutilized amount.
Components and details of available and utilized bank borrowings are as follows as of March 31, 2024:
As of March 31, 2024 |
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USD | ||||||||||||||||||||
Repayment | Interest rate | Maturity Date | ||||||||||||||||||
terms | % | Available | Utilized | Unutilized | (dd/mm/yyyy) | |||||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Term Loan 1 | Repay upon maturity | 5.97 | % | 110,769 | 110,769 | - | 20/01/2025 | |||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Term Loan 2 | Repay upon maturity | 6.405 | % | 384,615 | 256,410 | 128,205 | 15/07/2024 | |||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Revolving Loan 1 to 6 | Repay upon maturity | 6.405 To 7.025 |
%
% |
Limit up to USD 2,051,282 in aggregate | 2,051,282 | - | 03/05/2024 To 11/07/2024 | |||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Installment Loan 1 | Monthly repay | 3.625 | % | 123,371 | 123,371 | - | 25/03/2032 | |||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Installment Loan 2 | Monthly repay | 3.625 | % | 120,011 | 120,011 | - | 16/12/2032 | |||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Installment Loan 3 | Monthly repay | 3.625 | % | 453,240 | 453,240 | - | 26/11/2031 | |||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Installment Revolving Loan 4 | Monthly repay | 3.625 | % | 384,615 | 384,615 | 25/05/2033 | ||||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Mortgage Loan 1 | Monthly repay | 4.775 | % | 327,298 | 327,298 | - | 28/08/2043 | |||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Mortgage Loan 2 | Monthly repay | 4.775 | % | 327,298 | 327,298 | - | 28/08/2043 | |||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Mortgage Loan 3 | Monthly repay | 4.775 | % | 562,694 | 562,694 | - | 28/02/2044 | |||||||||||||
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Installment Loan 1 | Monthly repay | 3.625 | % | 100,049 | 100,049 | - | 21/10/2030 | |||||||||||||
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Installment Loan 2 | Monthly repay | 3.625 | % | 371,018 | 371,018 | - | 25/05/2023 | |||||||||||||
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Installment Loan 3 | Monthly repay | 3.625 | % | 111,576 | 111,576 | - | 13/07/2031 | |||||||||||||
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Installment Loan 4 | Monthly repay | 3.625 | % | 381,598 | 381,598 | - | 15/02/2033 | |||||||||||||
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Revolving Loan 1 to 4 | Repay upon maturity | 5.29 To 6.80 |
%
% |
Limit up to USD696,795 in aggregate | 696,155 | 640 | 02/05/2024 To 11/06/2024 | |||||||||||||
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Bank Overdraft | Repay on demand | LIBOR+1.2 | % | 512,821 | 474,852 | 37,969 | NA | |||||||||||||
Total | 7,019,050 | 6,852,233 | 166,817 |
We believe that our current cash balance and cash generated from our operations, bank borrowings, and the estimated net proceeds from this Offering will be sufficient to meet our working capital needs for the next 12 months from the date the audited financial statements are issued. If we experience an adverse operating environment or incur unanticipated capital expenditure requirements, or if we accelerate our growth, then additional financing may be required. No assurance can be given, however, that additional financing, if required, would be available at all or on favorable terms. Such financing may include the use of additional debt or the sale of additional equity securities. Any financing which involves the sale of equity securities or instruments that are convertible into equity securities could result in immediate and possibly significant dilution to our existing shareholders.
We intend to use the net proceeds of this Offering as follows:
● Expanding our workforce;
● Repayment of bank borrowings and finance leases;
● Acquiring additional equipment;
● Procuring an enterprise resources planning system; and
● General working capital.
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Cash Flows
The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows information for the years indicated:
For the year ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
US$ | US$ | US$ | ||||||||||
Cash provided by (used in) | ||||||||||||
Operating activities | 2,457,189 | 795,328 | (151,558 | ) | ||||||||
Investing activities | (1,147,262 | ) | 35,898 | 56,390 | ||||||||
Financing activities | (553,371 | ) | (725,060 | ) | (1,578 | ) | ||||||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | 756,556 | 106,166 | (96,746 | ) | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents as of beginning of the period | 323,958 | 217,792 | 314,538 | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents as of the end of the period | 1,080,514 | 323,958 | 217,792 |
Operating Activities
Our operating cash inflows are primarily derived from our revenue from undertaking wet trades works in Hong Kong, whereas our operating cash outflows mainly include subcontracting costs and direct labor costs, the purchase of materials, as well as other working capital needs.
Cash provided by operating activities amounted to US$2,457,189 for the year ended March 31, 2024, mainly derived from (i) net income of US$2,326,597 for the year ended March 31, 2024; (ii) the increase in contract assets by US$3,692,174 as a result of the increase in works performed by us during the year ended March 31, 2024; (iii) the decrease in accounts receivable, net by US$1,724,503; and (iv) the increase in accounts payable by US$1,282,131.
Cash provided by operating activities amounted to US$795,328 for the year ended March 31, 2023, mainly derived from (i) net income of US$2,787,236 for the year ended March 31, 2023; (ii) the increase in contract assets by US$2,466,428 as a result of the increase in works performed by us during the year ended March 31, 2023; (iii) the decrease in accounts receivable, net by US$369,117; and (iv) the decrease in income tax payable by US$73,988.
Cash used in operating activities amounted to US$151,558 for the year ended March 31, 2022, mainly derived from (i) net income of US$1,803,509 for the year ended March 31, 2022; (ii) the increase in accounts receivable, net by US$2,884,677 as a result of the increase in works performed by us during the year; (iii) the decrease in contract assets by US$461,496; (iv) increase in income tax payable by US$325,647 due to the increased in income before tax expense during the year; and (v) increase in accounts payable by US$126,214.
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Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities amounted to US$1,147,262 for the year ended March 31, 2024, mainly derived from the purchase of property and equipment of US$1,147,262.
Cash provided by investing activities amounted to US$35,898 for the year ended March 31, 2023, mainly derived from (i) the sales proceeds from disposals of motor vehicle under finance lease of US$51,282; and (ii) purchase of equipment of US$15,384.
Cash provided by investing activities amounted to US$56,390 for the year ended March 31, 2022, mainly derived from the cash obtained from reorganization during the year.
Financing Activities
Cash used in financing activities amounted to US$553,371 for the year ended March 31, 2024, which was mainly attributable to (i) proceeds from new bank borrowings of US$23,383,104; (ii) the repayment of bank borrowings of US$21,852,990; (iii) advances from a related party amounted to US$1,058,733; (iv) payments to a related party amounted to US$2,730,449; (v) principal payments for finance lease liabilities amounted to US$119,465; and (vi) payment for offering cost amounted to US$292,304.
Cash used in financing activities amounted to US$725,060 for the year ended March 31, 2023, which was mainly attributable to (i) proceeds from new bank borrowings of US$10,307,778; (ii) the repayment of bank borrowings of US$7,995,854; (iii) advances from a related party amounted to US$632,648; (iv) payments to a related party amounted to US$2,754,955; (v) principal payments for finance lease liabilities amounted to US$129,148; and (vi) payment for offering cost amounted to US$783,221.
Cash used in financing activities amounted to US$1,578 for the year ended March 31, 2022, which was mainly attributable to (i) proceeds from new bank borrowings of US$3,187,692; (ii) the repayment of bank borrowings of US$1,875,860; and (iii) advances from a related party amounted to US$354,232; and (vi) payments to a related party amounted to US$1,623,892.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
For the periods presented, we did not have, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, including entities sometimes referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or for some other contractually narrow or limited purpose.
Commitments and Contingencies
In the normal course of business, we are subject to contingencies, such as legal proceedings and claims arising out of its business, which cover a wide range of matters. Liabilities for contingencies are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated. If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss is incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability is accrued in our financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable, but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss, if determinable and material, would be disclosed.
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The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of March 31, 2024:
Payments due by period | ||||||||||||||||||||
Contractual obligations | Total | Less than 1 year | 1 – 2 years | 3 – 5 years | More than 5 years | |||||||||||||||
US$ | US$ | US$ | US$ | US$ | ||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowings(1) | 7,870,451 | 3,986,662 | 405,957 | 1,217,871 | 2,259,961 | |||||||||||||||
Finance lease liabilities(2) | 192,647 | 73,757 | 69,683 | 49,207 | - | |||||||||||||||
Operating lease payments(3) | 3,397 | 3,397 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
8,066,495 | 4,063,816 | 475,640 | 1,267,078 | 2,259,961 |
(1) | As of March 31, 2024, our contractual obligation to repay outstanding bank borrowings totaled US$7,870,451. | |
(2) | As of March 31, 2024, our contractual obligation to repay outstanding finance leases totaled US$192,647. | |
(3) | We lease our office which is classified as operating lease in accordance with Topic 842. As of March 31, 2024, our future lease payments totaled US$3,397. |
Capital Expenditures
For the year ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, we purchased property and equipment and ROU assets – finance lease of US$1,237,390, US$312,563 and nil, respectively, mainly for use in our operations.
As of and subsequent to March 31, 2024, and as of the date of this prospectus, we did not purchase any material equipment for operational use and do not have any other material commitments to capital expenditures as of March 31, 2024 or as of the date of this prospectus.
Trend Information
Other than as disclosed in “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Business and Industry” in this prospectus, we are not aware of any trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events that are reasonably likely to have a material effect on our net revenues, income from continuing operations, profitability, liquidity or capital resources, or that would cause reported financial information not necessarily to be indicative of future operating results or financial condition.
Seasonality
The nature of our business is not affected by seasonal variations.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk
Concentration Risk
For the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, all of the Company’s assets were located in Hong Kong and all of the Company’s revenue were derived from its subsidiaries located in Hong Kong. The Company has a concentration of its revenue and accounts receivable with specific customers.
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, (i) there were two customers generated income which accounted for over 10% of the total revenue generated for that period; and (ii) no supplier accounted for over 10% of the total purchases for that period.
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, (i) there were four customers generated income which accounted for over 10% of the total revenue generated for that period; and (ii) no supplier accounted for over 10% of the total purchases for that period.
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, (i) there were two customers generated income which accounted for over 10% of the total revenue generated for that period; and (ii) no supplier accounted for over 10% of the total purchases for that period.
As of March 31, 2024, (i) there were two customers which accounted for over 10% of the consolidated accounts receivable; and (ii) one of the suppliers accounted for over 10% of the total consolidated accounts payable.
As of March 31, 2023, (i) there were three customers which accounted for over 10% of the consolidated accounts receivable; and (ii) none of the suppliers which accounted for over 10% of the total consolidated accounts payable.
As of March 31, 2022, (i) there were two customers which accounted for over 10% of the consolidated accounts receivable; and (ii) one of the suppliers which accounted for over 10% of the total consolidated accounts payable.
Credit Risk
The Company adopted ASC 326. The Company estimates expected credit losses over the contractual period in which the Company is exposed to credit risk via a contractual obligation to extend credit, unless that obligation is unconditionally cancellable by the Company. Assets that potentially subject the Company to a significant concentration of credit risk primarily consist of life insurance policy, cash surrender value, cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, net, deposits and contract assets. The Company has designed their credit policies with an objective to minimize their exposure to credit risk.
The exposure to credit risk, which will cause a financial loss to us due to failure to discharge an obligation by the counterparties, relates primarily to our life insurance policy, cash surrender value, bank deposits (including our own cash at banks), accounts receivable, net, deposits and contract assets. The Company considers the maximum exposure to credit risk equals to the carrying amount of these financial assets in the consolidated statement of financial position. As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the cash balances of USD1,080,514 and USD323,958, respectively, were substantially maintained at financial institutions in Hong Kong, respectively.
The Company believes that there is no significant credit risk associated with cash, which was held by reputable financial institutions in the jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries are located.
The Company has adopted a credit policy of dealing with creditworthy counterparties to mitigate the credit risk from defaults. The credit exposure is controlled by counterparty limits that are reviewed and approved by the senior management of the Company periodically. The management team periodically evaluates the creditworthiness of the existing customers in determining an allowance for expected credit loss primarily based on many factors, including the age of the balance, customer’s historical payment history, its current creditworthiness and current or future economic trends.
Interest Rate Risk
Fluctuations in market interest rates may negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations. We are exposed to floating interest rate risk on cash deposit and floating rate bank borrowings. Our Group has not used any derivative financial instruments to manage the interest risk exposure. In respect of the exposure to cash flow interest rate risk arising from floating rate non-derivative instruments held by our Group at the end of the reporting period, the impact on our profit after tax is estimated as an annualized impact on interest expense or income of such a change in interest rates.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that our Company will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with our financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. We will make the maximum effort to maintain sufficient liquidity to meet our liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to our reputation.
Typically, we ensure that we have sufficient cash on demand to meet expected operational expenses for a period of 30 days, including the servicing of financial obligations; this excludes the potential impact of extreme circumstances that cannot reasonably be predicted, such as natural disasters.
Labor price risk
Our business requires a substantial number of personnel. Any failure to retain stable and dedicated labor by us may lead to disruption to our business operations. Although we have not experienced any labor shortage to date, we have observed an overall tightening and increasingly competitive labor market. We have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, increases in labor costs due to increases in salary, social benefits and employee headcount. We compete with other companies in our industry and other labor-intensive industries for labor, and we may not be able to offer competitive remuneration and benefits compared to them. If we are unable to manage and control our labor costs, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.
Inflation Risk
Our Company monitor changes in prices levels. Historically inflation has not materially affected our business or the results of our operations. However, significant increases in the price of raw materials and labor that cannot be passed to our customers could adversely impact our results of operations.
Currency Risk
Our Group’s operating activities are transacted in HK$. Foreign exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions, and recognized assets and liabilities. Our Group considers the foreign exchange risk in relation to transactions denominated in HK$ with respect to USD is not significant as HK$ is pegged to US$.
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BUSINESS
Our Mission
Our mission is to become a leading wet trades works services provider in Hong Kong. We strive to provide quality services that comply with our customers’ quality standards, requirements and specifications.
Overview
We are an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on August 2, 2022. As a holding company with no material operations of our own, we conduct our business through our indirectly wholly-owned Hong Kong Operating Subsidiaries, MS (HK) Engineering Limited and MS Engineering Co., Limited.
MS (HK) Engineering Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong on October 12, 2012. Mr. Chi Ming Lam has been a shareholder and director of MS (HK) Engineering Limited since its incorporation.
MS Engineering Co., Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong on March 27, 2019 by an independent third party. On October 20, 2021, Mr. Chi Ming Lam purchased all the shares and became its shareholder.
We mainly engage in wet trades works, such as plastering works, tile laying works, brick laying works, floor screeding works and marble works. To a much lesser extent, we also provide small-scale fitting out services, such as renovation works to our customers.
In our operating history of approximately ten years, we have focused on providing wet trades works services in the role of subcontractor and built up our expertise and track record in wet trades works. We take pride in our project portfolio in wet trades works. In 2022, we were awarded with an infrastructure project for the expansion of a public hospital with an initial contract sum of more than HK$140 million (US$17.9 million) and a private residential project with an initial contract sum of more than HK$100 million (US$12.8 million). In 2023, we were awarded with a residential project with an initial contract of more than HK$42 million (US$5.3 million). In 2024, we were awarded with a residential project with an initial contract sum of more than HK$127 million (US$16.3 million). During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, our tender success rate was 21.4%, 21.2% and 20.5%, respectively. The tender success rate is calculated by the number of projects awarded to us divided by the number of projects for which we have submitted tenders. Our stable tender success rate demonstrates our competitiveness in the Hong Kong wet trades works industry and the satisfaction of our customers with our services. We believe that our proven track record of quality works, our expertise in wet trades operations and our ability to deliver work on time are the crucial factors that enable us to gain our customers’ trust and give us a competitive edge when tendering for projects.
We, through our Operating Subsidiaries, are mainly engaged in private sector projects in Hong Kong. Our private sector projects mainly involve private residential developments and commercial developments. The project owners of our private sector projects are generally property developers, and our customers are generally main contractors and wet trades works subcontractors engaged under such projects. We have a smaller set of operations in conducting public sector projects compared to our private sector projects in Hong Kong. Our public sector projects mainly involve public residential developments as well as infrastructure and public facilities developments. The customers of our public sector projects are generally main contractors engaged by Government departments and other statutory bodies.
We, through our Operating Subsidiaries, have achieved substantial growth in our business. For each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, our total revenue derived from wet trades works services was US$27,572,692, US$21,868,220 and US$14,383,980, respectively. The number of customers with revenue contribution to us was 11 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, 10 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 and 11 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.
As of the date of this prospectus, MS (HK) Engineering Limited is a registered specialist trade contractor in the designated trade category of plastering (Group 2) under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council. MS Engineering Co., Limited mainly specializes in providing wet trades works service such as plastering works, tile laying works and marble works in the role of subcontractor in private residential developments. Since MS Engineering Co., Limited focuses on the private sector projects, MS Engineering Co., Limited is not required to be and is not registered under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council.
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According to Frost & Sullivan, the gross value of wet trades works in Hong Kong increased from approximately HK$9,574.9 million (US$1,227.6 million) in 2016 to approximately HK$11,335.2 million (US$1,453.2 million) in 2021, representing a CAGR of approximately 3.4%. Driven by (i) the Government targets to increase the overall supply of housing in the coming few years as set out in the 2022 Policy Address, such as building 30,000 units of light public housing in the coming five years, increase overall public housing production by approximately 50% in the coming five years (2023/24 to 2027/28); (ii) the launch of the Northern Metropolis Development Strategy by the Government in 2021, with the development of total land area of about 300 square kilometers in Yuen Long District and North District; and (iii) the “Land Sharing Pilot Scheme” proposed in the 2020 Policy Address which seeks to unleash the development of privately owned agricultural lots of 3,235 hectare of land for housing purposes, we expect that the demand of wet trades works will further increase. According to Frost & Sullivan, the gross value of wet trades works is expected to continue to grow from approximately HK$12,103.1 million (US$1,551.7 million) in 2022 to approximately HK$15,609.3 million (US$2,001.2 million) in 2026. Considering our established track record and established relationship with our customers, we believe that we are well-positioned to capture the potential opportunities in the growing wet trades works market.
Our Services
We, through our Operating Subsidiaries, provide wet trades works services as a subcontractor in Hong Kong. For each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, our total revenue derived from wet trades works services was US$27,572,692, US$21,868,220 and US$14,383,980, respectively.
The wet trades works undertaken by our Operating Subsidiaries typically involve various trades of works, details of which are set out as follows:
● | Plastering works: applying plaster evenly on the surfaces of floors, walls and ceilings manually or with the use of our plaster spray machine; | |
● | Tile laying works: cutting and laying tiles on the surface of floors and walls; | |
● | Brick laying works: laying brick blocks in uniform layers; | |
● | Floor screeding works: applying a well-blended mixture of cement with graded aggregates and water to a floor base; and | |
● | Marble works: cutting and laying marble tiles on the surfaces of floors, windowsills and walls. |
The following tables set forth the breakdown of our revenue by project sectors for each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.
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Revenue US$ | % of Total Revenue | Revenue US$ | % of Total Revenue | Revenue US$ | % of Total Revenue | |||||||||||||||||||
Public | 11,488,228 | 41.7 | 6,307,454 | 28.8 | 2,029,667 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Private | 16,084,464 | 58.3 | 15,560,766 | 71.2 | 12,354,313 | 85.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 27,572,692 | 100.0 | 21,868,220 | 100.0 | 14,383,980 | 100.0 |
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Operational Workflow
For illustration purposes, a simplified workflow of our wet trades works services is outlined below:
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We identify potential projects mainly through invitation for tender from customers, containing the tender documents. We receive, from time to time, invitations to submit tenders from construction contractors in Hong Kong. The tender documents and/or project details provided by our customers generally contain project description, scope of services required, expected commencement date, contract period, payment term and timeframe for submitting the tender. In general, we review and evaluate the tender documents and/or project details available to us in order to assess the scope of services that need to be provided, our capability, including any available financial and human resource constraints, if any, and the expected complexity and feasibility of the project to determine whether we should proceed with the preparation of a tender.
Our quantity inspectors and management are primarily responsible for submitting the tender. We may conduct site visits to better assess the complexity of the work involved. Our tender submission generally includes a schedule of rates. We estimate the costs to be incurred based on our past experience and the recent price trends for the subcontracting services and the types of materials required for the project. In general, it takes approximately one week to two months to identify potential projects and to submit the tender.
After we have submitted our tender, our customers may arrange interviews with us in order to have a better understanding of our personnel, expertise and experience. We may be required to answer queries in relation to our tender submission. Our customers may also negotiate with respect to the scope of our service and/or propose amendments to our specifications as submitted in the tender.
Our customers generally confirm our engagement by issuing a letter of award or entering into a formal contract with us.
We usually form a project management team which consists of a site agent, a quantity surveyor, a site foreman and a safety supervisor. Our project management team is generally responsible for (i) supervising the project’s progress and the budget and quality of services rendered; and (ii) ensuring the work performed fulfils our customers’ requirements, and are completed on schedule, within the budget determined and in compliance with all applicable statutory requirements. In general, we determine the manpower required based on the timeline, scale and complexity of the projects as well as the existing workload of our staff.
We purchase materials from our suppliers for the provision of our wet trade works services. Before we place purchase orders, we obtain quotations from our suppliers. We engage our suppliers on a project-by-project basis. The purchased materials are generally delivered directly to the project sites and the transportation costs for the materials supplied are generally borne by our suppliers. We may arrange to inspect a sample of the materials upon their arrival. Any materials that fail to comply with the specifications or standards provided in the purchase order are returned to the suppliers for replacement. We focus on the role of project management and supervision in carrying out our projects and we generally engage subcontractors to perform a part of the site work under our supervision. Our project management team holds regular meetings with our subcontractors and conducts regular inspection to ensure that we strictly adhere to the project schedule and specifications.
Depending on our customers’ requests, we generally submit monthly progress reports throughout the project implementation stage. Our monthly progress reports are prepared by the project management team that reports on the project’s status, including identifying any issues related to the project. After the review and endorsement by our site agents, the monthly progress reports are submitted to our customers. We generally receive progress payments on a monthly basis from our customers based on the work done during the project implementation stage.
Our customers sometimes request additional work or modifications beyond what was determined when the project was initially scoped during the project implementation stage. A variation order is usually placed by way of a purchase order by our customers and describes the work to be performed in detail. Where the work to be performed under the variation order is the same or similar to the work prescribed in the original contract, the rate of the work under the variation order usually follows the rate noted in the contract. If there are no equivalent or similar items in the contract that can be used as a reference, we negotiate on the rates further with our customers.
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Once the work is complete, our customers inspect the work performed to ensure that it meets their requirements and specifications.
Usually, it takes approximately six months to three years for us to complete a project. Some of the factors which impact the timeline include the complexity of the project and/or the customers’ requirements.
Our contracts generally include a defects liability period of 12 months, following the completion of the relevant site work. During the defects liability period, we are typically required to rectify any defect, without delay, at our own cost, if the defect is due to our neglect or failure to comply with our contractual obligation.
Pricing Strategies
Our tender price is generally determined by adding certain mark-ups over our estimated costs. Pricing of our services is determined on a case-by-case basis and is dependent on various factors, which generally include (i) the scope of services; (ii) the price trend for the types of subcontracting services as well as the materials required; (iii) the complexity and the location of the project; (iv) the estimated quantity and type of equipment required; (v) the completion time requested by our customers; and (vi) the availability of human and financial resources.
The percentage of mark-up may also vary substantially across projects due to factors such as (i) the size, duration and sector of the project; (ii) the number of years we have had a business relationship with the customer; (iii) the customer’s credit and financial history; (iv) the prospect of obtaining any future contracts from the customer; (v) the possibility of a positive impact to our reputation in the wet trades works industry; (vi) the likelihood of a material deviation from our cost estimate; and (vii) prevailing market conditions.
We may also obtain quotations from our suppliers in order to estimate our costs during the tender phase. We may also contact these suppliers after we are awarded the project to further negotiate the price and contract terms.
In addition to the above, we have also adopted the following measures to minimize the potential risk of cost overruns:
● | with respect to new customers, our project management team conducts a thorough assessment of the workmanship specification of the customer in order to minimize the occurrence of unexpected rectification work orders from the customer; and | |
● | material overdue payments are closely monitored and evaluated on a case-by-case basis in order to deduce the appropriate follow-up actions, including active communications and conducting follow up calls with the customer. |
Environment
We mainly act as a subcontractor providing wet trades works services in Hong Kong. Our main contractors generally handle construction waste disposal from the project site. The nature of our business does not impose any serious threats with respect to social responsibility and/or environmental protection matters. We ensure our operations comply with environmental requirements pursuant to the laws in Hong Kong, including primarily those in relation to air pollution control, waste disposal and compliance with the Air Pollution Control (Non-road Mobile Machinery) (Emission) Regulation (Chapter 311Z of the Laws of Hong Kong). During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, our cost of compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations was minimal.
Competitive Strengths
We believe that the following strengths have contributed to our success and differentiate us from our peers:
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Established track record
In our operating history of approximately ten years, we have focused on providing wet trades works services as a subcontractor and built up our expertise and track record in wet trades works. We take pride in our project portfolio in wet trades works. In 2022, we were awarded with an infrastructure project for the expansion of a public hospital with an initial contract sum of more than HK$140 million (US$17.9 million) and a private residential project with an initial contract sum of more than HK$100 million (US$12.8 million). In 2023, we were awarded with a residential project with an initial contract of more than HK$42 million (US$5.3 million). In 2024, we were awarded with a residential project with an initial contract sum of more than HK$127 million (US$16.3 million). We believe that our proven track record for providing quality work, our expertise in wet trades operations and our ability to deliver work on time are the crucial factors that enable us to gain trust from our existing customers and give us a competitive edge when tendering for projects.
Established relationship with customers
We have established long-standing relationships with some of our major customers. In particular, we have had over a thirteen year business relationship with a Hong Kong subsidiary of a renowned French industrial group that is a listed company on Euronext Paris mainly for the development of commercial and infrastructure projects. We believe that we are the customer’s preferred business partner and our long-standing relationship is attributable to the customer’s confidence in our ability to consistently deliver quality work, our capability to offer competitive pricing and our strong relationship with our suppliers. By leveraging our work experience with such major customers, we have accumulated the know-how and expertise that help meet us the standard of quality needed by our customers. In 2020, we commenced a business relationship with a major customer who is a subsidiary of a prominent and distinguished property developer listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In 2021, we commenced a business relationship with a major customer who is a subsidiary of an outstanding construction company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Given our reputation in our industry and our extensive experience of working with distinguished customers, we believe that in the future, we will continue to attract opportunities to work on different types of construction developments, and will be able to enhance our prospect with respect to obtaining tender opportunities.
Experienced and dedicated management team
Our management team has extensive knowledge of and project experience in the wet trades works industry in Hong Kong. Mr. Chi Ming Lam, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, has approximately 20 years of experience in the wet trades works industry. Mr. Chi Ming Lam is primarily responsible for the overall management, formulation of business strategies, project management and day-to-day management of our operations. We are supported by our project management team of 18 personnel as of March 31, 2024, who possess the practical skills and experience required to handle our projects.
Our Growth Strategies
Our principal growth strategies include further strengthening our market position and increasing our market share in the Hong Kong wet trades works industry. We intend on achieving this growth by actively seeking new opportunities in the wet trades works industry from our existing customer base as well as new potential customers. To achieve these goals, we plan on implementing the following strategies:
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Enhance competitiveness and expanding our market share
According to Frost & Sullivan, the gross value of wet trades works in Hong Kong increased from approximately HK$9,574.9 million (US$1,227.6 million) in 2016 to approximately HK$11,335.2 million (US$1,453.2 million) in 2021, representing a CAGR of approximately 3.4%. Driven by (i) the Government targets to increase the overall supply of housing in the coming few years as set out in the 2022 Policy Address, such as building 30,000 units of light public housing in the coming five years, increase overall public housing production by approximately 50% in the coming five years (2023/24 to 2027/28); (ii) the launch of the Northern Metropolis Development Strategy by the Government in 2021, with the development of total land area of about 300 square kilometers in Yuen Long District and North District; and (iii) the “Land Sharing Pilot Scheme” proposed in the 2020 Policy Address which seeks to unleash the development of privately owned agricultural lots of 3,235 hectare of land for housing purposes, we expect that the demand of wet trades works will further increase. As such we believe that we should focus on deploying our resources towards competing for additional and more sizeable wet trades works projects in Hong Kong. However, the number of projects that can be executed by us concurrently at any given time is constrained by our then available resources, including availability of our manpower and working capital. We plan to enhance our competitiveness by strengthening our manpower and working capital in order to capture the potential opportunities in the growing wet trades works market. We plan to apply part of our net proceeds from the sale of Ordinary Shares to (i) enhance our project management capabilities by hiring additional project supervision staff, safety supervision staff, quantity surveyors, finance and administration staff and general workers; and (ii) be used for general working capital.
Acquiring additional equipment
We generally deploy equipment owned by us for use by our subcontractors in our projects. We believe that it is crucial for us to enhance our set of equipment in order to best equip our employees and our subcontractors enabling them to carry out their work. We believe that a larger set of equipment will allow us to (i) improve our overall work efficiency and technical capability; and (ii) enhance our flexibility to deploy our resources more efficiently.
Enhancing our brand
We secured our new business through direct invitations for tenders by customers. We believe that we can broaden our customer base and attract more invitations from potential customers by increasing our marketing efforts to promote our brand and market presence in the wet trades works industry in Hong Kong.
Our planned marketing efforts include (i) setting up dedicated web pages for advertising our services; (ii) placing advertisements in industry publications; (iii) sponsoring business events and charity functions organized by property developers and construction contractors; (iv) sending promotional booklets and other promotional materials for advertising our services; and (v) approaching potential customers more actively to secure new business opportunities for our wet trades works services.
Customers
Our customers mainly include construction contractors in Hong Kong. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, we have submitted 17, 33 and 39 tenders to our potential customers respectively, and our tender success rate was approximately 21.4%, 21.2% and 20.5% in each of the respective year. The tender success rate is calculated by the number of projects awarded to us divided by the number of projects for which we have submitted tenders.
The number of customers with revenue contribution to us was 11, 10 and 11 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The total revenue attributable to our five largest customers in aggregate accounted for approximately 91.7%, 93.4% and 92.8% of the total revenue for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, two of our customers accounted for more than 10% of our annual revenue, one for 62.2% and the other for 13.3%. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, four of our customers accounted for more than 10% of our annual revenue, one for 42.1%, one for 15.7%, one for 15.4% and one for 14.9%. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, two of our customers accounted for more than 10% of our annual revenue, one for 50.0% and the other for 23.6%. We undertake wet trades works on a project-by-project basis and do not enter into any long-term contracts with any one customer.
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Suppliers
We purchase materials from our suppliers for the provision of our services. The major types of materials sourced from our suppliers include Portland cement, hydraulic lime, concrete blocks, aggregates and sand.
We engage our suppliers for the provision of materials on a project-by-project basis and have not entered into any long-term agreement with them. We have also not committed to a minimum purchase amount with any of our suppliers. We have generally not experienced any material difficulties in procuring materials, historically.
We focus on project management and supervision in carrying out our projects and we generally engage subcontractors to perform part of the site work under our supervision. We have not entered into any long-term agreement with our subcontractors and have generally not experienced any material difficulties in procuring subcontracting services, historically.
We evaluate who to engage with as our subcontractors by taking into account the quality of their service, their qualifications and experience relevant to the project, skills and technique required for the project, the prevailing market price, the delivery time, their availability and fee quotations. Based on these factors, we maintain an internal list of approved subcontractors which is updated on a continuous basis. We typically obtain quotations from different suitable subcontractors for comparison’s sake and select our subcontractors based on the factors listed above.
Our five largest suppliers accounted for approximately 16.9%, 23.8% and 16.8% of our cost of revenue for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Equipment
The equipment that we own mainly comprises of forklifts and plaster spray machines. Our forklifts are mainly used for moving and stacking materials over a short distance whereas our plaster spray machines are mainly used for spraying plaster onto the wall and ceiling. The main benefit of using a plaster spray machine is that it speeds up the plastering process and enhances the quality of craftsmanship. We generally deploy the aforementioned equipment for the use of our subcontractors in our projects.
The following table sets out the details of our equipment:
As of March 31, 2024 | ||||
Forklifts | 6 | |||
Plaster spray machines | 4 | |||
Total | 10 |
Depending on the service capacity and availability of our equipment, we may also lease certain equipment, such as forklift and plaster spray machine, from rental service providers.
Market and Competition
According to Frost & Sullivan, the gross value of wet trades works in Hong Kong increased from approximately HK$9,574.9 million (US$1,227.6 million) in 2016 to approximately HK$11,335.2 million (US$1,453.2 million) in 2021, representing a CAGR of approximately 3.4%. Driven by (i) the Government targets to increase the overall supply of housing in the coming few years as set out in the 2022 Policy Address, such as building 30,000 units of light public housing in the coming five years, increase overall public housing production by approximately 50% in the coming five years (2023/24 to 2027/28); (ii) the launch of the Northern Metropolis Development Strategy by the Government in 2021, with the development of total land area of about 300 square kilometers in Yuen Long District and North District; and (iii) the “Land Sharing Pilot Scheme” proposed in the 2020 Policy Address which seeks to unleash the development of privately owned agricultural lots of 3,235 hectare of land for housing purposes, we expect that the demand of wet trades works will further increase. According to Frost & Sullivan, the gross value of wet trades works is expected to continue to grow from approximately HK$12,103.1 million (US$1,551.7 million) in 2022 to approximately HK$15,609.3 million (US$2,001.2 million) in 2026. According to Frost & Sullivan, the wet trades work market in Hong Kong is considered as fragmented in terms of number of market participants. According to Construction Industry Council, there were over 500 contractors registered under the trade specialties of “Finishing Wet Trades” by the end of 2021.
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Seasonality
We do not experience any seasonality in our business.
Insurance
We mainly undertook projects as subcontractors for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022. In general, the main contractors in our projects are responsible for maintaining employees’ compensation insurance, third party liability insurance and contractor’s all risks insurance for the entirety of the project term, which cover the liability to make payment in the case of death, injury or disability, under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance and at common law, for injuries sustained at work for full-time and part-time employees. Such insurance policies cover and protect (i) all employees of the main contractors and subcontractors of all tiers, including us; (ii) as well as the work performed on the construction site.
We also maintain employees’ compensation insurance for our directors and employees at our office with Dah Sing Insurance Company (1976) Limited and China Taiping Insurance (HK) Company Limited, which covers the liability to make payment in the case of death, injury or disability of all our employees under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance and at common law for injuries sustained at work. We believe that our current insurance policies are sufficient for our operations.
We have purchased life insurance with FWD Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited for key management, being Mr. Lam (our director and CEO), with MSHK as beneficiary. The insured amount of the contract (death benefit) was USD1,000,000.
Safety and Quality
We place an emphasis on occupational health and safety. Our project management team is responsible for overseeing the implementation of our occupational health and safety policies and to ensure that we comply with the applicable occupational health and safety standards. We have put in place an internal safety plan which is reviewed from time to time to incorporate best practices and to address and improve specific areas of our safety management system. We require our employees and our subcontractors’ employees to follow our safety rules as set out in the safety plan. Our safety rules identify common safety and health hazards and recommendations on the prevention of workplace accidents. We also provide suitable personal protective equipment such as a full-body harness, safety helmet and safety boots to our employees and our subcontractors’ employees based on the type of work undertaken by them.
Our safety supervisor regularly provides guidance to our workers and subcontractors on appropriate and safe working practices. We may impose fines on subcontractors who repeatedly breach internal safety procedures. We also hold regular meetings with our subcontractors to discuss the implementation of safety measures and follow up with any safety issues identified during the course of a project’s implementation stage.
We believe that our commitment to quality services is crucial to our reputation and continual success. We place strong emphasis on service quality by implementing a comprehensive quality control system. The quality control measures adopted by our Group include: (i) regular communication with and conduct site visits to collect feedbacks from our customers; (ii) designation of a project management team for every project based on the project nature and the relevant qualifications and experiences required; (iii) maintaining an approval list of suppliers which is updated on a regular basis; and (iv) constant monitoring of quality management of subcontractors.
Licenses
As of the date of this prospectus, MS (HK) Engineering Limited is a registered specialist trade contractor in the designated trade category of plastering (Group 2) under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council (expiry date: July 10, 2027). We have obtained all licenses required for carrying on our business activities for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 and as of the date of this prospectus.
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Legal Proceedings
We may from time to time become a party to various legal or administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 and as of the date hereof, neither we nor any of our subsidiaries have been involved in any litigation, claim, administrative action or arbitration which had a material adverse effect on the operations or financial condition of the Company.
Intellectual Property
As of the date of this prospectus, we have not registered any patent or trademark. We have registered our domain name and website. You can find our website at http://ms100.com.hk/.
Our Corporate History and Structure
We are an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on August 2, 2022, as a holding company of our business, which is primarily operated through our indirectly wholly-owned Operating Subsidiaries, MS (HK) Engineering Limited and MS Engineering Co., Limited.
MS (HK) Engineering Limited and MS Engineering Co., Limited were founded in 2012 and 2019, respectively, and are principally engaged in wet trades works services.
MS (HK) Engineering Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong on October 12, 2012. Mr. Chi Ming Lam has been a shareholder and director of MS (HK) Engineering Limited since its incorporation.
MS Engineering Co., Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong on March 27, 2019 by an independent third party. On October 20, 2021, Mr. Chi Ming Lam purchased all the shares and became its shareholder.
MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited was incorporated on August 17, 2022 under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, as an intermediate holding company.
On November 25, 2022, Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 49,999 Ordinary Shares with a par value of US$1.00 to the Company for no consideration (the “Cancelled Shares”). The then sole director and sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved the Cancelled Shares, pursuant to which the shares surrendered were cancelled upon the Cancelled Shares on December 2, 2022. Subsequently Mr. Chi Ming Lam was holding 1 Ordinary Share of the Company with a par value of US$1.
As part of the corporate reorganization which took place for the purposes of the Offering, Mr. Chi Ming Lam, MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited and our Company entered into a reorganization agreement dated November 25, 2022, pursuant to which MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited acquired 1 ordinary share of MS (HK) Engineering Limited from Mr. Chi Ming Lam and acquired 10,000 ordinary shares of MS Engineering Co., Limited from Mr. Chi Ming Lam. In consideration for these acquisitions, our Company allotted and issued 11,249 Ordinary Shares of US$1 each, credited as fully paid, to Mr. Chi Ming Lam.
On December 5, 2022, Mr. Chi Ming Lam, the then sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved a subdivision of each of the issued and unissued shares with a par value of US$1 each into 2,000 shares with a par value of US$0.0005 each as part of the Company’s reorganization (the “Share Subdivision”). Subsequent to the Share Subdivision, the authorized share capital of the Company shall become US$50,000 divided into 100,000,000 Ordinary Shares with a par value of US$0.0005 each, of which 22,500,000 Ordinary Shares were held by Mr. Chi Ming Lam.
Following the Share Subdivision and on the same day, Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 6,450,000 Ordinary Shares with a par value of US$0.0005 to the Company for no consideration (the “Surrendered Shares”). The then sole director and sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved for the Surrendered Shares, pursuant to which the shares surrendered were cancelled upon the surrender on December 8, 2022. Subsequently, Mr. Chi Ming Lam was holding 16,050,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.0005.
Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 2,925,000 Ordinary Shares with a par value of US$0.0005 to the Company for no consideration (the “Second Surrendered Shares”). The then sole director and sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved the Second Surrender Shares, pursuant to which the shares surrendered were cancelled upon the surrender on June 2, 2023. Subsequently, Mr. Chi Ming Lam was holding 13,125,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.0005.
Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 375,000 Ordinary Shares with a par value of US$0.0005 to the Company for no consideration (the “Third Surrendered Shares”). The then sole director and sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved the Third Surrendered Shares, pursuant to which the shares surrendered were cancelled upon the surrender on June 12, 2023. Subsequently, Mr. Chi Ming Lam was holding 12,750,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.0005.
Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 1,500,000 Ordinary Shares with a par value of US$0.0005 to the Company for no consideration (the “Fourth Surrendered Shares”). The then sole director and sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved the Fourth Surrendered Shares, pursuant to which the shares surrendered were cancelled upon the surrender on June 15, 2023. Subsequently, Mr. Chi Ming Lam currently holds 11,250,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.0005.
All Ordinary Share and per Ordinary Share amounts used elsewhere in this prospectus and the consolidated financial statements have been retroactively restated to reflect the Share Subdivision.
Prior to this Offering, our Company was wholly-owned by Mr. Chi Ming Lam, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman.
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The following diagram illustrates our corporate structure prior to the Offering:
Notes:
(1) | Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company, is the holding company and registrant. |
(2) | MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited, a British Virgin Islands company, is the holding company of our Operating Subsidiaries. |
(3) | MS (HK) Engineering Limited, a Hong Kong company, is one of our Operating Subsidiaries. |
(4) | MS Engineering Co., Limited, a Hong Kong company, is one of our Operating Subsidiaries. |
The following diagram illustrates our corporate structure after the Offering:
Assuming the Selling Shareholder does not immediately dispose the 500,000 Ordinary Shares pursuant to this prospectus
Notes:
(1) | Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company, is the holding company and registrant. |
(2) | MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited, a British Virgin Islands company, is the holding company of our Operating Subsidiaries. |
(3) | MS (HK) Engineering Limited, a Hong Kong company, is one of our Operating Subsidiaries. |
(4) | MS Engineering Co., Limited, a Hong Kong company, is one of our Operating Subsidiaries. |
Assuming the Selling Shareholder disposes the entire 500,000 Ordinary Shares pursuant to this prospectus)
Notes:
(1) | Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company, is the holding company and registrant. |
(2) | MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited, a British Virgin Islands company, is the holding company of our Operating Subsidiaries. |
(3) | MS (HK) Engineering Limited, a Hong Kong company, is one of our Operating Subsidiaries. |
(4) | MS Engineering Co., Limited, a Hong Kong company, is one of our Operating Subsidiaries. |
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Real Property
We lease the following property and use it as our office:
Facility | Address | |
Office | 8/F, Cheong Tai Factory Building, 16 Tai Yau Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
We lease the aforementioned property from Harvest Truth (Hong Kong) Limited and the lease is valid from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025. We paid rental fees of HK$290,000 (US$37,179), HK$260,000 (US$33,333) and HK$165,826 (US$21,260) for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
The property has no material encumbrances. It is 5,675 square feet in size and is used solely as office space.
We are the owner of the following property and we intend to use it as our office after the expiry of the lease with Harvest Truth (Hong Kong) Limited:
Facility | Address | |
Intended to be used as office | Workspace H on 16th Floor and Portion of Roof H of Wong King Industrial Building, No. 192-198 Choi Hung Road, Nos.2-4 Tai Yau Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
The property is used as security of a legal mortgage for a loan of US$564,103 (HK$4,400,000) for twenty years at an annual interest rate of 4.775% with the Bank of East Asia, Limited. It is 2,424 square feet in size and is intended to be used as office space after the expiry of the lease with Harvest Truth (Hong Kong) Limited.
Employees
As of March 31, 2024, we employed a total of 32 employees, each of whom are located in Hong Kong. The following table sets forth a breakdown of our employees by function:
Functional Area | Number of Employees | |||
Management | 3 | |||
Project supervision | 18 | |||
Safety supervision | 1 | |||
Quantity surveyors | 7 | |||
Finance and administration | 3 | |||
Total | 32 |
We consider that we have maintained a good relationship with our employees and have not experienced any significant disputes with our employees or any disruption to our operations due to any labor disputes. In addition, we have not experienced any difficulties in the recruitment and retention of experienced core staff or skilled personnel.
We provide various types of training to our employees and sponsor our employees to attend various training courses covering areas such as technical knowledge relating to the carrying out of wet trades works, safety, first aids, and environmental matters. Such training courses include our internal trainings as well as courses organized by external parties such as the Hong Kong Institute of Construction.
Our remuneration package includes salary and discretionary bonuses. In general, we determine employees’ salaries based on their qualifications, position and seniority. In order to attract and retain valuable employees, we review the performance of our employees annually which will be taken into account in annual salary review and promotion appraisal. We provide a defined contribution to the Mandatory Provident Fund as required under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Chapter 485 of the Laws of Hong Kong) for our eligible employees in Hong Kong.
COVID-19 Update
The world is experiencing a global pandemic of a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) and its variants. The pandemic has resulted in quarantines, travel restrictions, and the temporary closure of businesses and facilities globally for most of the past two years. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed negative impacts on the Hong Kong construction industry since early 2020. For example, we experienced temporary disruptions to the supply of our materials in early 2022 due to a brief disruption to their supply chain and to cross-border transportation services. Since early 2023 and up to the date of this prospectus, the business activities in Hong Kong have resumed back to normal. As of the date of this prospectus, we do not experience disruptions to the supply of our materials. Further impact of COVID-19 to our industry or us depends on the extent, duration, and resurgence of new COVID-19 cases.
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REGULATIONS
The section sets forth a summary of the material laws and regulations applicable to our business operations in Hong Kong.
LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED FOR OUR WET TRADES WORKS BUSINESS
Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme
Subcontractors which are involved in, among others, plastering in Hong Kong may apply for registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme managed by the Construction Industry Council, a body corporate established under the Construction Industry Council Ordinance (Chapter 587 of the Laws of Hong Kong) in February 2007.
The Subcontractor Registration Scheme (substituted by the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme on April 1, 2019) was formerly known as the Voluntary Subcontractor Registration Scheme (the “VSRS”), which was introduced by the Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board (the “PCICB”). The PCICB was formed in September 2001 to spearhead industry reform and to pave way for the early formation of the statutory industry coordinating body.
A technical circular issued by the Works Branch of the Development Bureau (then the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau) (“WBDB”) on June 14, 2004 (now subsumed into the Project Administration Handbook for Civil Engineering Works by the Civil Engineering and Development Department) requires that all public works contractors with tenders to be invited on or after August 15, 2004 to employ all subcontractors (whether nominated, specialist or domestic) registered from the respective trades available under the VSRS.
After the Construction Industry Council took over the work of the PCICB in February 2007 and the VSRS in January 2010, the Construction Industry Council launched stage two of the VSRS in January 2013. VSRS was also then renamed Subcontractor Registration Scheme. All subcontractors registered under the VSRS have automatically become registered subcontractors under the Subcontractor Registration Scheme.
With effect from April 1, 2019, the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme replaced the Subcontractor Registration Scheme. The Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme comprises of two registers: the Register of Specialist Trade Contractors (“RSTC”) and the Register of Subcontractors (“RS”). All subcontractors who are registered under the seven trades namely demolition, concreting formwork, reinforcement bar fixing, concreting, scaffolding, curtain wall and erection of concrete precast component of the Subcontractor Registration Scheme have automatically become Registered Specialist Trade Contractors and no application is required. All subcontractors who are registered under the remaining trades of the Subcontractor Registration Scheme have been retained as registered subcontractors and no application is required. With effect from 1 January 2021, plastering trade was upgraded as the eighth designated trade. All registered subcontractors who are registered under the plastering trade have automatically become Registered Specialist Trade Contractors under the plastering trade (Group 1) and no application is required.
Registered Specialist Trade Contractors within each designated trade are further divided into Group 1 (“Group 1”) or Group 2 (“Group 2”) according to the relevant registration requirements under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme fulfilled by them. The tender limits (the “Tender Limits”) for tenders to be invited for subcontractors vary among the different designated trade categories for Group 1. For the designated trade of plastering, the Tender Limits of contracts/subcontracts value up to HK$10 million for Group 1, will be imposed for projects to be invited for tenders on or after January 1, 2022. There are no Tender Limits imposed for Group 2.
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Categories of registration
Subcontractors may apply for registration on the Subcontractor Registration Scheme in one or more of 52 trades covering common structural, civil, finishing, electrical and mechanical works and supporting services. The 52 trades further branch out into around 94 specialties, including general demolition, and others (concrete coring and saw cutting) etc. Since April 1, 2019, subcontractors may apply for registration on the RSTC in one or more of the seven designated trades including demolition, reinforcement bar fixing, erection of concrete precast component, concreting formwork, concreting, scaffolding and curtain wall and on the RS in other common civil, building, electrical and mechanical trades. Since January 1, 2021, subcontractors may apply for registration on the RSTC in the designated trade of plastering.
Where a contractor is to subcontract/sub-let part of the public works involving trades available under the Primary Register (a list of companies registered in accordance with the Rules and Procedures for the Primary Register of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme) of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme, it shall engage all subcontractors (whether nominated, specialist or domestic) who are registered under the relevant trades in the Primary Register of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme. Should the subcontractors further subcontract (irrespective of any tier) any part of the public works subcontracted to them involving trades available under the Primary Register of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme, the contractor shall ensure that all subcontractors (irrespective of any tier) are registered under the relevant trades in the Primary Register of the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme.
Requirements for registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme
Applications for registration under the RS are subject to the following entry requirements:
(a) | completion of at least one job within the last five years as a main contractor/ subcontractor in the trades and specialties for which registration is applied or to have acquired comparable experience by itself/its proprietors, partners or directors within the last five years; | |
(b) | listings on one or more government registration schemes operated by policy bureaus or departments of the Government relevant to the trades and specialties for which registration is sought; and | |
(c) | the proprietor, partner or director having been employed by a registered subcontractor for at least five years with experience in the trade/specialty applying for and having completed all the modules of the Project Management Training Series for Subcontractors (or equivalent) conducted by the Construction Industry Council; or the company’s proprietor, partner or director having registered as Registered Skilled Worker under the Construction Workers Registration Ordinance for the relevant trade/specialty with at least five years’ experience in the trade/specialty applying for and having completed the Senior Construction Workers Trade Management Course (or equivalent) conducted by the Construction Industry Council. |
Applications for registration under the RSTC are subject to a number of requirements based on the relevant trade category and tender limits as detailed in Schedule 2 of the Rules and Procedures for the Register of Specialist Trade Contractors issued by the Construction Industry Council in January 2021.
Validity period of registration and renewal of registration
A registered subcontractor shall apply for renewal within three months before the expiry date of its registration whereas a registered specialist trade contractor shall apply for renewal not earlier than six months but not later than three months before the expiry date of its registration by submitting an application to the Construction Industry Council in a specified format providing information and supporting documents as required to show compliance with the entry requirements. An application for renewal shall be subject to approval by the committee on Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme which oversees the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme (the “Committee”). If some of the entry requirements covered in an application can no longer be satisfied, the Committee of the Construction Industry Council may give approval for renewal based on those trades and specialties where the requirements are met. An approved renewal as a registered subcontractor shall be valid for three or five years from the expiry of the current registration whereas the approved renewal for a registered specialist trade contractor shall be valid for not less than 36 months after the decision date for that application for renewal.
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Codes of Conduct
A registered subcontractor and a registered specialist trade contractor shall observe the Codes of Conduct for Registered Subcontractor (Schedule 8 of the Rules and Procedures for the Primary Register of the Subcontractor Registration Scheme) (the “Codes of Conduct”). Failure to comply with the Codes of Conduct may result in regulatory actions taken by the Committee.
The circumstances pertaining to a registered subcontractor that may call for regulatory actions include, but are not limited to:
(a) | supply of false information when making an application for registration, renewal of registration or inclusion of additional trades; | |
(b) | failure to give timely notification of changes to the registration particulars; | |
(c) | serious violations of the registration rules and procedures; | |
(d) | convictions of senior management staff (including but not limited to proprietors, partners or directors) for bribery or corruption under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Chapter 201 of the Laws of Hong Kong); | |
(e) | convictions for failure to pay wages on time to workers in accordance with the relevant provisions contained in the Employment Ordinance; | |
(f) | willful misconducts that may bring the Subcontractor Registration Scheme (and since April 1, 2019, the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme) into serious disrepute; | |
(g) | civil awards/judgments in connection with the violation of or convictions under the relevant sections of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance; | |
(h) | convictions under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance or Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance in relation to serious construction site safety incidents resulting in one or more of the following consequence: (i) loss of life; or (ii) serious bodily injury resulting in loss or amputation of a limb or had caused or was likely to cause permanent total disability; | |
(i) | conviction of five or more offences under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and/or Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance each arising out of separate incidents in any six months period (according to the date of committing the offence but not the date of conviction), committed by the Registered Subcontractor at each of a construction site under a contract; | |
(j) | convictions for employment of illegal worker under the Immigration Ordinance; or | |
(k) | late payment of workers’ wages and/or late payment of contribution under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance over ten days with solid proof of such late payment of wages and/or contribution. |
The circumstances that may lead to regulatory actions be taken against a registered specialist trade contractor include, but are not limited to (a) a petition for winding-up or bankruptcy has been filed against the registered specialist trade contractor or other financial problems; (b) registered specialist trade contractor’s failure to answer queries or provide information relevant to the registration within the prescribed time specified by the committee of the Construction Industry Council; (c) misconduct or suspected misconduct of the registered specialist trade contractor; (d) court conviction or violation of any law by the registered specialist trade contractor, including but not limited to the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance, Employment Ordinance, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance, Immigration Ordinance, Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, Construction Industry Council Ordinance, Construction Workers Registration Ordinance; (e) matters of public interest; (f) serious or suspected serious poor performance or other serious causes in any public or private sector works contract; and (g) the registered specialist trade contractor’s failure to comply with any provisions of the Rules and Procedures for the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme.
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Regulatory actions
The Committee may instigate regulatory actions against a registered subcontractor by directing that: (a) written strong direction and/or warning be given to a registered subcontractor; (b) a registered subcontractor to submit an improvement plan with the contents as specified and within a specified period; (c) a registered subcontractor be suspended from registration for a specified duration; or (d) the registration of a registered subcontractor be revoked.
The Committee may instigate regulatory actions against a registered specialist trade contractor by directing that: (a) written warning be given to the registered specialist trade contractor; (b) the registered specialist trade contractor be suspended from registration for a specified period; (c) the grouping of a registered specialist trade contractor be changed; or (d) the registration of the registered specialist trade contractor be revoked.
LABOR, HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Construction Workers Registration Ordinance (Chapter 583 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
Construction Workers Registration Ordinance requires construction workers to be registered for carrying out construction work on a construction site.
Under the Construction Workers Registration Ordinance, “construction work” means, among other things, any building operation involved in preparing for any operation such as the addition, renewal, alteration, repair, dismantling or demolition of any specified structure that involves the structure of the specified structure or any other specified structure. “Construction site” means, subject to certain exceptions, a place where construction work is, or is to be, carried out. Under section 40 of the Construction Workers Registration Ordinance, no person shall be registered as a registered construction worker unless the Registrar of Construction Workers is satisfied, among other things, that the person has attended the relevant construction work-related safety training course. Further, under section 44 of the Construction Workers Registration Ordinance, the Registrar of Construction Workers shall not renew the registration of a person unless the Registrar of Construction Workers is satisfied that, among other things, (i) the person has attended the relevant construction work-related safety training course; and (ii) if the registration will, on the date of expiry, have been in effect for not less than two years, the person has attended and completed, during the period of one year immediately before the date of application for renewal of the registration, such development courses applicable to his registration as the Construction Industry Council may specify.
The Construction Workers Registration Ordinance also contains a “designated workers for designated skills” provision, which provides that only registered skilled or semi-skilled workers of designated trade divisions are permitted to carry out construction works on construction sites relating to those trade divisions independently. Unregistered skilled or semi-skilled workers are only allowed to carry out construction works of designated trade divisions (i) under the instruction and supervision of registered skilled or semi-skilled workers of relevant designated trade division(s); (ii) in proposed emergency works (i.e., construction works which are made or maintained consequential upon the occurrence of emergency incidents); or (iii) in small-scale construction works (e.g., value of works not exceeding HK$100,000).
The Construction Workers Registration Ordinance also contains a “designated workers for designated skills” provision, which provides that only registered skilled or semi-skilled workers of designated trade divisions are permitted to carry out construction works on construction sites relating to those trade divisions independently. Unregistered skilled or semi-skilled workers are only allowed to carry out construction works of designated trade divisions (i) under the instruction and supervision of registered skilled or semi-skilled workers of relevant designated trade division(s); (ii) in proposed emergency works (i.e., construction works which are made or maintained consequential upon the occurrence of emergency incidents); or (iii) in small-scale construction works (e.g., value of works not exceeding HK$100,000).
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Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Chapter 59 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance provides for the safety and health protection to workers in an industrial undertaking. Under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, it is the duty of a proprietor of an industrial undertaking to take care of, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of all persons employed by him at the industrial undertaking. The duties of a proprietor extend to include:
● | providing and maintaining plant and work systems that do not endanger safety or health; | |
● | making arrangements for ensuring safety and health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances; | |
● | providing all necessary information, instructions, training and supervision for ensuring safety and health; | |
● | providing and maintaining safe access to and egress from the workplaces; and | |
● | providing and maintaining a safe and healthy working environment. |
A proprietor who contravenes any of these duties commits an offence and is liable to a fine of HK$500,000. A proprietor who contravenes any of these requirements willfully and without reasonable excuse commits an offence and is liable to a fine of HK$500,000 and to imprisonment for six months.
Matters regulated under the subsidiary regulations of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, including the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations (Chapter 59I of the Laws of Hong Kong), include (i) the prohibition of employment of persons under 18 years of age (save for certain exceptions); (ii) the maintenance and operation of hoists; (iii) the duty to ensure safety of places of work; (iv) prevention of falls; (v) safety of excavations; (vi) the duty to comply with miscellaneous safety requirements; and (vii) provision of first aid facilities. Non-compliance with any of these rules is an offence and different levels of penalty will be imposed and a contractor guilty of the relevant offence could be liable to a fine up to HK$200,000 and imprisonment up to 12 months.
In addition, under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation (Chapter 59AF of the Laws of Hong Kong), any contractor (i) in relation to construction work with a contract value of HK$100 million or more; or (ii) in relation to construction work having an aggregate of 100 or more workers in a day working in a single construction site; or (iii) in relation to construction work having an aggregate of 100 or more workers in a day working in two or more construction sites is obliged to appoint a safety auditor to conduct a safety audit to collect, assess and verify information on the efficiency, effectiveness and reliability of its safety management system and consider improvements to the system at least once in every six months. Further, any contractor (i) in relation to construction work having an aggregate of 50 or more but less than 100 workers in a day working in a single construction site; or (ii) in relation to construction work having an aggregate of 50 or more but less than 100 workers in a day working in two or more construction sites is obliged to appoint a person, being a person who is capable of competently carrying out a safety review, to be the safety review officer to conduct a safety review to review the effectiveness of its safety management system and consider improvements to the effectiveness of the system at least once in every six months. Any person who contravenes these requirements commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of HK$200,000 and to imprisonment of six months.
According to the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation, the safety auditor shall (i) be a registered safety officer under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Officers and Safety Supervisors) Regulations (Chapter 59Z of the Laws of Hong Kong); (ii) have not less than three years’ full-time experience, in the five years period immediately preceding the application for registration with the Labor Department, in a managerial post responsible for industrial safety and health matters in respect of an industrial undertaking; (iii) occupy, at the time of the application for registration with the Labor Department, the managerial post or a like post; (iv) have successfully completed a scheme conducted by a registered scheme operator; and (v) understand the requirements under legislation in Hong Kong relating to industrial safety and health matters. Pursuant to the Code of Practice on Safety Management issued by the Labor Department, a safety auditor should (i) understand his task and be competent to carry it out; (ii) be familiar with the industry and the processes being carried out in the relevant industrial undertaking; (iii) have a good knowledge of the safety management practices in the industry; and (iv) have the necessary experience and knowledge to enable him to evaluate performance and identify deficiencies effectively, while a safety review officer should (i) have a good understanding of the operation of the relevant industrial undertaking in respect of which he conducts the safety review; (ii) have a good understanding of the legal requirements in force in Hong Kong relating to industrial safety and health; and (iii) have received appropriate training in how to review the effectiveness of a safety management system with a view to improving it.
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Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Loadshifting Machinery) Regulation (Chapter 59AG of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Loadshifting Machinery Regulations”)
Under regulation 3 of the Loadshifting Machinery Regulations, the responsible person of a loadshifting machine shall ensure that the machine is only operated by a person who (i) has attained the age of 18 years; and (ii) holds a valid certificate applicable to the type of loadshifting machine to which that machine belongs. Under the Loadshifting Machinery Regulations, loadshifting machines used in industrial undertakings refer to forklift trucks.
Under regulation 8 of the Loadshifting Machinery Regulations, a responsible person who without reasonable excuse contravenes regulation 3 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of HK$50,000.
Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance (Chapter 509 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance provides for the safety and health protection to employees in workplaces, both industrial and non-industrial.
Employers must as far as reasonably practicable ensure the safety and health in their workplaces by:
● | providing and maintaining plant and systems of work that are safe and without risks to health; | |
● | making arrangements for ensuring safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage or transport of plant or substances; | |
● | as regards any workplace under the employer’s control: maintenance of the workplace in a condition that is safe and without risks to health; and provision and maintenance of means of access to and egress from the workplace that are safe and without any such risks; | |
● | providing all necessary information, instructions, training and supervision for ensuring safety and health; and | |
● | providing and maintaining a working environment for the employer’s employees that is safe and without risks to health. |
Failure to comply with any of the above provisions constitutes an offence and the employer is liable on conviction to a fine of HK$200,000. An employer who fails to do so intentionally, knowingly or recklessly commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of HK$200,000 and to imprisonment for six months.
The Commissioner for Labor may also issue an improvement notice against non-compliance of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance or the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance or suspension notice against activity or condition of workplace which may create imminent risk of death or serious bodily injury. Failure to comply with such notice without reasonable excuse constitutes an offence punishable by a fine of HK$200,000 and HK$500,000 respectively and imprisonment of up to 12 months.
Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Chapter 282 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Employees’ Compensation Ordinance establishes a no-fault and non-contributory employee compensation system for work injuries and lays down the rights and obligations of employers and employees in respect of injuries or death caused by accidents arising out of and in the course of employment, or by prescribed occupational diseases.
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Under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, if an employee sustains an injury or dies as a result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, his employer is in general liable to pay compensation even if the employee might have committed acts of faults or negligence when the accident occurred. Similarly, an employee who suffers incapacity arising from an occupational disease is entitled to receive the same compensation as that payable to employees injured in occupational accidents.
According to section 15(1A) of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, employer shall report work injuries of its employee to the Commissioner of Labor not later than 14 days after the accident, irrespective of whether the accident gives rise to any liability to pay compensation.
According to section 24 of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, a principal contractor shall be liable to pay compensation to subcontractors’ employees who are injured in the course of their employment to the subcontractor. The principal contractor is, nonetheless, entitled to be indemnified by the subcontractor who would have been liable to pay compensation to the injured employee. The employees in question are required to serve a notice in writing on the principal contractor before making any claim or application against such principal contractor.
Pursuant to section 40 of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, all employers (including contractors and subcontractors) are required to take out insurance policies to cover their liabilities both under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance and at common law for injuries at work in respect of all their employees (including full-time and part-time employees). Under section 40(1B) of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, where a principal contractor has undertaken to perform any construction work, it may take out an insurance policy for an amount not less than HK$200 million per event to cover his liability and that of his subcontractor(s) under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance and at common law. Where a principal contractor has taken out a policy of insurance under section 40(1B) of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, the principal contractor and a subcontractor insured under the policy shall be regarded as having complied with section 40(1) of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance.
An employer who fails to comply with the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance to secure an insurance cover is liable on conviction upon indictment to a fine at level 6 (currently at HK$100,000) and to imprisonment for two years.
Limitation Ordinance (Chapter 347 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
Under the Limitation Ordinance, the time limit for an applicant to commence common law claims for personal injuries is three years from the date on which the cause of action accrued.
Employment Ordinance (Chapter 57 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
A principal contractor shall be subject to the provisions on subcontractor’s employees’ wages in the Employment Ordinance. According to section 43C of the Employment Ordinance, a principal contractor or a principal contractor and every superior subcontractor jointly and severally is/are liable to pay any wages that become due to an employee who is employed by a subcontractor on any work which the subcontractor has contracted to perform, and such wages are not paid within the period specified in the Employment Ordinance. The liability of a principal contractor and superior subcontractor (where applicable) shall be limited to (a) the wages of an employee whose employment relates wholly to the work which the principal contractor has contracted to perform and whose place of employment is wholly on the site of the building works; and (b) the wages due to such an employee for two months (such months shall be the first two months of the period in respect of which the wages are due).
An employee who has outstanding wage payments from subcontractor must serve a notice in writing on the principal contractor within 60 days after the wage due date. A principal contractor and superior subcontractor (where applicable) shall not be liable to pay any wages to the employee of the subcontractor if that employee fails to serve a notice on the principal contractor.
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Upon receipt of such notice from the relevant employee, a principal contractor shall, within 14 days after receipt of the notice, serve a copy of the notice on every superior subcontractor to that subcontractor (where applicable) of whom he is aware. A principal contractor who without reasonable excuse fails to serve notice on the superior subcontractor(s) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 (currently at HK$50,000).
Pursuant to section 43F of the Employment Ordinance, if a principal contractor or superior subcontractor pays to an employee any wages under section 43C of the Employment Ordinance, the wages so paid shall be a debt due by the employer of that employee to the principal contractor or superior subcontractor, as the case may be. The principal contractor or superior subcontractor who pays an employee any wages under section 43C of the Employment Ordinance may either (i) claim contribution from every superior subcontractor to the employee’s employer or from the principal contractor and every other such superior subcontractor as the case may be, or (ii) deduct by way of set-off the amount paid by him from any sum due or may become due to the subcontractor in respect of the work that he has subcontracted.
Occupiers Liability Ordinance (Chapter 314 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Occupiers Liability Ordinance regulates the obligations of a person occupying or having control of premises on injury resulting to persons or damage caused to goods or other property on the land.
The Occupiers Liability Ordinance imposes a common duty of care on an occupier of premises to take such care as in all the circumstances of the case is reasonable to see that the visitor will be reasonably safe in using the premises for the purposes for which he is invited or permitted by the occupier to be there.
Immigration Ordinance (Chapter 115 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
According to section 38A of the Immigration Ordinance, a construction site controller (i.e., the principal or main contractor and includes a subcontractor, owner, occupier or other person who has control over or is in charge of a construction site) shall take all practicable steps to (i) prevent having illegal immigrants from being on site or (ii) prevent illegal workers who are not lawfully employable from taking employment on site.
Where it is proved that (i) an illegal immigrant was on a construction site or (ii) such illegal worker who is not lawfully employable took employment on a construction site, the construction site controller commits an offence and is liable to a fine of HK$350,000.
Minimum Wage Ordinance (Chapter 608 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Minimum Wage Ordinance provides for a prescribed minimum hourly wage rate (set at HK$40 per hour as of the date of this prospectus) during the wage period for every employee engaged under a contract of employment under the Employment Ordinance. Any provision of the employment contract which purports to extinguish or reduce the right, benefit or protection conferred on the employee by the Minimum Wage Ordinance is void.
Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Chapter 485 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“MPF Schemes Ordinance”)
Employers are required to enroll their regular employees (except for certain exempt persons) aged between at least 18 but under 65 years of age and employed for 60 days or more in a Mandatory Provident Fund (“MPF”) scheme within the first 60 days of employment.
For both employees and employers, it is mandatory to make regular contributions into a MPF scheme. For an employee, subject to the maximum and minimum levels of income (set at HK$30,000 and HK$7,100 per month, respectively, as of the date of this prospectus), an employer will deduct 5% of the relevant income on behalf of an employee as mandatory contributions to a registered MPF scheme with a ceiling (set at HK$1,500 as of the date of this prospectus). Employer will also be required to contribute an amount equivalent to 5% of an employee’s relevant income to the MPF scheme, subject only to the maximum level of income (set at HK$30,000 as of the date of this prospectus).
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Industry Schemes
Industry Schemes were established under the MPF system for employers in the construction and catering industries in view of the high labor mobility in these two industries, and the fact that most employees in these industries are “casual employees” whose employment is on a day-to-day basis or for a fixed period of less than 60 days.
For the purpose of the Industry Schemes, the construction industry covers the following eight major categories: (1) foundation and associated works; (2) civil engineering and associated works; (3) demolition and structural alteration works; (4) refurbishment and maintenance works; (5) general building construction works; (6) fire services, mechanical, electrical and associated works; (7) gas, plumbing, drainage and associated works; and (8) interior fitting-out works.
The MPF Schemes Ordinance does not stipulate that employers in these two industries must join the Industry Schemes. The Industry Schemes provide convenience to the employers and employees in the construction and catering industries.
Casual employees do not have to switch schemes when they change jobs within the same industry, so long as their previous and new employers are registered with the same Industry Scheme. This is convenient for scheme members and saves administrative costs.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Air Pollution Control Ordinance (Chapter 311 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Air Pollution Control Ordinance is the principal legislation in Hong Kong for controlling emission of air pollutants and noxious odor from construction, industrial and commercial activities and other polluting sources. Subsidiary regulations of the Air Pollution Control Ordinance impose control on air pollutant emissions from certain operations through the issue of licenses and permits.
A contractor shall observe and comply with the Air Pollution Control Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations, including without limitation the Air Pollution Control (Open Burning) Regulation (Chapter 311O of the Laws of Hong Kong), the Air Pollution Control (Construction Dust) Regulation (Chapter 311R of the Laws of Hong Kong) and the Air Pollution Control (Smoke) Regulations (Chapter 311C of the Laws of Hong Kong). The contractor responsible for a construction site shall devise, arrange methods of working and carry out the works in such a manner so as to minimize dust impacts on the surrounding environment, and shall provide experienced personnel with suitable training to ensure that these methods are implemented. Asbestos control provisions in the Air Pollution Control Ordinance require that building works involving asbestos must be conducted only by registered asbestos contractors and under the supervision of a registered consultant.
Air Pollution Control (Non-road Mobile Machinery) (Emission) Regulation (Chapter 311Z of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The NRMM Regulation came into effect on June 1, 2015 to introduce regulatory control on the emissions of NRMMs, including non-road vehicles and regulated machines that are subject to the NRMM Regulations (the “Regulated Machines”). Unless exempted, NRMMs which are regulated under this provision are required to comply with the emission standards prescribed under this regulation. Under section 5 of the NRMM Regulation, starting from December 1, 2015, only approved or exempted NRMMs with a proper label are allowed to be used in specified activities and locations including construction sites. However, existing NRMMs which are already in Hong Kong on or before November 30, 2015 will be exempted from complying with the emission requirements pursuant to section 11 of the NRMM Regulation. Under Section 5 of the NRMM Regulation, any person who uses or causes to be used a Regulated Machine in specified activities or locations without (i) exemption or approval by the Environmental Protection Department is liable on conviction to a fine of HK$200,000 and to imprisonment for six months, and (ii) a proper label is liable on conviction to a fine of HK$50,000 and to imprisonment for up to three months.
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Pursuant to the Technical Circular issued by the Work Branch of the Development Bureau on February 8, 2015, an implementation plan to phase out the use of exempted NRMMs for four types of exempted NRMMs (namely generators, air compressors, excavators and crawler cranes) has been included in the Technical Circular, under which, all new capital works contracts of public works including design and build contracts with an estimated contract value exceeding HK$200 million and tenders invited on or after 1 June 2015 shall require the contractor to allow no exempted generator and air compressor to be used after June 1, 2015 and the number of exempted excavators and crawler cranes not to exceed 50%, 20% and 0% of the total units of exempted NRMMs from June 1, 2015, June 1, 2017 and June 1, 2019 respectively.
Noise Control Ordinance (Chapter 400 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Noise Control Ordinance controls, among others, the noise from construction, industrial and commercial activities. A contractor shall comply with the Noise Control Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations in carrying out construction works. For construction activities that are to be carried out during the restricted hours and for percussive piling during the daytime, not being a general holiday, construction noise permits are required from the Director of the Environmental Protection Department in advance.
Under the Noise Control Ordinance, construction works that produce noises and the use of powered mechanical equipment (other than percussive piling) are not allowed between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. or at any time on general holidays, unless prior approval has been granted by the Director of the Environmental Protection Department through the construction noise permit system. The use of certain equipment is also subject to restrictions. Hand-held percussive breakers and air compressors must comply with noise emissions standards and be issued with a noise emission label from the Director of the Environmental Protection Department.
Any person who carries out any construction work except as permitted is liable on first conviction to a fine of HK$100,000 and on subsequent convictions to a fine of HK$200,000, and in any case to a fine of HK$20,000 for each day during which the offence continues.
Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Chapter 358 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Water Pollution Control Ordinance controls the effluent discharged from all types of industrial, commercial, institutional and construction activities into public sewers and public drain. For any industry/trade generating wastewater discharge (except domestic sewage or unpolluted water that are discharged into communal sewer or communal drain), they are subject to licensing control by the Director of the Environmental Protection Department.
All discharges, other than domestic sewage or unpolluted water to communal sewer or communal drain, must be covered by an effluent discharge license. The license specifies the permitted maximum allowable quantity and effluent standards of the effluent. The general guidelines are that the effluent does not damage sewers or pollute inland or inshore marine waters.
According to the Water Pollution Control Ordinance, unless being licensed under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance, a person who discharges any waste or polluting matter into the waters of Hong Kong in a water control zone or discharges any matter, other than domestic sewage and unpolluted water, into a communal sewer or communal drain in a water control zone commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for six months and (a) for a first offence, a fine of HK$200,000; (b) for a second or subsequent offence, a fine of HK$400,000, and (c) in addition, if the offence is a continuing offence, a fine of HK$10,000 for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the offence has continued.
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Waste Disposal Ordinance (Chapter 354 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
The Waste Disposal Ordinance controls the production, storage, collection and disposal including treatment, reprocessing and recycling of wastes. At present, livestock waste and chemical waste are subject to specific controls whilst unlawful deposition of waste is prohibited. Import and export of waste is generally controlled through a permit system.
A contractor shall observe and comply with the Waste Disposal Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations, including without limitation the Waste Disposal (Charges for Disposal of Construction Waste) Regulation (Chapter 354N of the Laws of Hong Kong) and the Waste Disposal (Chemical Waste) (General) Regulation (Chapter 354C of the Laws of Hong Kong).
Under the Waste Disposal (Charges for Disposal of Construction Waste) Regulation, construction waste can only be disposed at designated prescribed facilities and a main contractor who undertakes construction work with a value of HK$1 million or above will be required, within 21 days after being awarded the contract, to establish a billing account in respect of that particular contract with the Director of the Environmental Protection Department to pay any disposal charges for the construction waste generated from the construction work under that contract.
Under the Waste Disposal (Chemical Waste) (General) Regulation, a person who produces chemical waste or causes it to be produced has to register as a chemical waste producer. Any chemical waste produced must be packaged, labeled and stored properly before disposal. Only a licensed waste collector can transport the waste to a licensed chemical waste disposal site for disposal. Chemical waste producers also need to keep records of their chemical waste disposal for inspection by the Environmental Protection Department.
OTHERS
Proposed Security of Payment Legislation (“SOPL”)
The Government has conducted a public consultation on the SOPL for the construction industry to promote fair payment and help main contractors, subcontractors, consultants, sub-consultants and suppliers to receive payment on time for work done and services provided, so as to improve payment practices and provide rapid dispute resolution.
The SOPL will, among others:
● | prohibit “pay when paid” and similar terms in contracts, which refer to provisions in contracts that make payment contingent or conditional on the operation of other contracts or agreements, meaning that payment is conditional on the payer receiving payment from a third party; | |
● | prohibit payment periods of more than 60 calendar days for interim payments and 120 calendar days for final payments; | |
● | enable parties who are entitled to progress payments under the terms of a contract covered by the SOPL to claim such payments as statutory payment claims, upon receipt of which the payer has 30 calendar days to serve a payment response, and parties who are entitled to payments under statutory payment claims will be entitled to pursue adjudication if the statutory payment claims are disputed or ignored; and | |
● | grant parties the right to suspend or reduce the rate of progress of works after either non-payment of an adjudicator’s decision or non-payment of amounts admitted as due. |
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All contracts and sub-contracts, whether in written or oral form, for (i) government works, under which the Government and specified public entities procure construction and maintenance activities or related services, materials or plant; and (ii) private sector works, under which private entities procure construction activities for new buildings (as defined in the Buildings Ordinance) with a main contract value of over HK$5 million or procure related services, material or plant or supply-only contracts with a contract value of over HK$500,000, will be governed by the SOPL. Where the main contract is covered by the SOPL, all subcontracts (irrespective of tier) will be covered by the SOPL regardless of value. The legislation will not apply to private sector construction works relating to new buildings with a main contract value of less than HK$5 million or related services, material or plant supply-only contracts with a contract value of less than HK$500,000.
The proposed legislation will not apply retrospectively but will apply only to contracts entered on or after a date to be set by or pursuant to the legislation.
The SOPL is designed to assist contractors throughout the contractual chain to ensure cash-flow and access to a swift dispute resolution process. However, there are still uncertainties on the final legislative framework to be submitted to the Legislative Council for consideration and approval.
The Government released a Technical Circular on the Implementation of the Spirit of Security of Payment Legislation in Public Works Contracts (the “Technical Circular”) in October 2021. The Technical Circular sets out the policy on the implementation of the spirit of the SOPL in public works contracts with a view to facilitating timely processing of contract payments and providing an interim mechanism for speedy resolution of payment disputes before the enactment of the SOPL. The scope of contracts covered by the Technical Circular includes public works contracts, term contracts and related subcontracts tendered (i) on or after December 31, 2021, for tenders to be invited from Group B or Group C contractors on the List of Approved Contractors for Public Works; and (ii) on or after April 1, 2022, for tenders to be invited from other contractors on the List of Approved Contractors for Public Works or the List of Approved Suppliers of Materials and Specialist Contractors for Public Works.
The implementation date of the proposed SOPL has not been announced, and therefore does not affect our Operating Subsidiaries.
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MANAGEMENT
Set forth below is information concerning our directors and executive officers as of the date of this prospectus:
Name | Age | Position(s) | ||
Chi Ming LAM | 39 | Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | ||
Pik Chun LIN | 38 | Chief Financial Officer | ||
Chi Hei TSOI | 36 | Chief Accounting Officer | ||
Wai Chun CHIK | 39 | Independent Director | ||
Dongjie LAO | 35 | Independent Director | ||
Yu YUAN | 34 | Independent Director |
The business address of each of the officers and directors is at 8/F, Cheong Tai Industrial Building, 16 Tai Yau Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The following is a brief biography of each of our executive officers and directors:
Executive Officers:
Chief Executive Officer
Chi Ming LAM, age 39, has over 20 years of experience in the wet trades works industry. Mr. Lam has been a director and shareholder of MS (HK) Engineering Limited since its incorporation in 2012 and he has been a director and a shareholder of MS Engineering Co., Limited since its incorporation in 2019 and 2021, respectively. He was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman on December 22, 2022. Mr. Lam is mainly responsible for the overall management, formulation of business strategies, project management and day-to-day management of our Operating Subsidiaries’ operations. Mr. Lam completed Form 5 secondary education in Hong Kong in 2005. Mr. Lam obtained a foundation diploma in electrical engineering from the Vocational Training Council of Hong Kong in 2009.
Chief Financial Officer
Pik Chun LIN, age 38, has over 15 years of experience in accounting. Ms. Lin joined our Group in April 2014 and was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer on December 22, 2022. From June 2010 to March 2014, she was an accounting officer for Legend Swimwear Factory Limited. From May 2009 to May 2010, she was an assistant accountant of ELM Computer Technologies Limited. From May 2007 to April 2009, she was an accounting assistant of Linmark (HK) Limited. Ms. Lin obtained a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Accounting from the University of Bedfordshire in February 2012. She also obtained an advanced diploma in accounting from the University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education in June 2010. Ms. Lin is the spouse of Mr. Lam.
Chief Accounting Officer
Chi Hei TSOI, age 36, has over 10 years of experience in auditing, accounting and financial management. Mr. Tsoi joined our Group in 2022 as the financial controller and has been responsible for overseeing accounting, corporate governance and risk management matters and was appointed as our Chief Accounting Officer on March 11, 2024. Mr. Tsoi has worked in a number of accounting firms as an auditor for over 6 years, including working in Shinewing (HK) CPA Limited with his last position as senior accountant from July 2012 to December 2014 and KPMG with his last position as manager from December 2014 to January 2017. Mr. Tsoi has served as the financial controller and company secretary of Noble Engineering Group Holdings Limited (HKEx: 8445), a company listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, since January 2017, a position which he holds today. Mr. Tsoi obtained a bachelor’s degree of accountancy from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in November 2010. Mr. Tsoi is a Certified Public Accountant (Practicing) registered in the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council of Hong Kong.
Independent Directors:
Wai Chun CHIK, age 39, has over 15 years of experience in the auditing, accounting, corporate governance and company secretarial matters. She currently serves as the company secretary of P.B. Group Limited, a company that is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx: 8331) since August 2019, and FingerTango Inc., a company that is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx: 6860) since July 2023. She also currently serves as the independent non-executive director at Boltek Holdings Limited, a company that is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx: 8601), since September 2021, and is an independent director of Top Wealth Group Holding Limited (NASDAQ: TWG), a company listed on Nasdaq, since April 2024. Furthermore, Ms. Chik is currently the head of company secretarial department of P.B. Advisory Limited. Ms. Chik obtained the master of corporate governance degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2015. She was admitted as a member of CPA Australia in June 2011. Ms. Chik was also certified as a certified public accountant by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants in September 2011, and was admitted as an associate of both the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries) and the Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators) in March 2016.
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Dongjie LAO, age 35, has over 10 years of experience in engineering. From July 2012 to April 2017, Mr. Lao was an engineer of AECOM Asia Co. Ltd. From March 2017 to August 2018, Mr. Lao was a site engineer of Kowloon Development Engineering Limited. Since August 2018, Mr. Lao has been a project manager of YSK2 Engineering Company Limited. Mr. Lao obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree in civil engineering from the University of Hong Kong in 2012. Mr. Lao has been a member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers since June 2018. Mr. Lao has been a registered professional engineer under the engineers registration board of Hong Kong since November 2020.
Yu YUAN, age 34, has over 10 years of experience in engineering. From August 2012 to June 2017, Mr. Yuan worked in Victor Li & Associates Ltd., with his last position as an assistant project manager. From June 2017 to February 2019, Mr. Yuan was an assistant project manager of SHUNLEE Engineering Corporation Limited. From March 2019 to April 2021, Mr. Yuan was a project manager of Vicon Construction Co., Ltd. Since April 2021, Mr. Yuan has been a senior engineer in BUCG-CCCL JOINT VENTURE. Mr. Yuan obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree in civil engineering in 2012 from the University of Hong Kong and a Master of Science degree in engineering (geotechnical engineering) in 2016. Mr. Yuan has been a chartered civil engineer under the Institution of Civil Engineers since July 2020.
Election of Officers
Our executive officers are appointed by, and serve at the discretion of, our board of directors.
Family Relationships
Ms. Pik Chun Lin, our Chief Financial Officer, and Mr. Chi Ming Lam, our Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman, are married. Except for Ms. Lin and Mr. Lam, none of the other directors, proposed directors or executive officers has a family relationship as defined in Item 401 of Regulation S-K.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
To the best of our knowledge, none of our directors, proposed directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years, been involved in any legal proceedings described in subparagraph (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K. Our directors, proposed directors and officers have not been involved in any transactions with us or any of our affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Arrangements Concerning Election of Directors
We are not a party to, and are not aware of, any arrangement or understanding with major shareholders, customers, suppliers or others, pursuant to which any person referred to above was selected as a director or member of senior management.
Board of Directors
Our board of directors will consist of four (4) directors after completion of the Offering.
A director may, subject to any separate requirement for audit committee approval under applicable law, the Amended Memorandum and Articles or the Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rules, or disqualification by the chairman of the relevant board meeting, vote in respect of any contract or transaction in which he is interested, provided, however that the nature of the interest of any director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by him at or prior to its consideration and any vote on that matter. A general notice or disclosure to the directors or otherwise contained in the minutes of a meeting or a written resolution of the directors or any committee thereof of the nature of a director’s interest shall be sufficient disclosure and after such general notice, it shall not be necessary to give special notice relating to any particular transaction. A director may be counted for a quorum upon a motion in respect of any contract or arrangement which he shall make with our Company, or in which he is so interested and may vote on such motion.
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Board Committees
We established three committees under the board of directors: an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. We have adopted a charter for each of the three committees. Copy of our committee charters can be found on our corporate investor relations website at http://ms100.com.hk.
Each committee’s functions are described below.
Audit Committee. The audit committee is comprised of Ms. Wai Chun Chik, Mr. Dongjie Lao and Mr. Yu Yuan with Ms. Wai Chun Chik serving as chair. Our board of directors has determined that Ms. Wai Chun Chik qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” and has the accounting or financial management expertise as defined under Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K and meets the financial sophistication requirements of Rule 5605(c)(2)(A) of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules. We have also determined that Ms. Wai Chun Chik, Mr. Dongjie Lao and Mr. Yu Yuan satisfy the “independence” requirements for purposes of serving on an audit committee under Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules.
Our board of directors has also adopted a written charter for the audit committee which the audit committee reviews and reassesses for adequacy on an annual basis. A copy of the audit committee’s current charter is available at our corporate website.
The audit committee oversees our accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the financial statements of our company. The audit committee is responsible for, among other things:
● | appointing the independent auditors and pre-approving all auditing and non-auditing services permitted to be performed by the independent auditors; |
● | discussing the annual audited financial statements with management and the independent auditors; |
● | reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our accounting and internal control policies and procedures and any steps taken to monitor and control major financial risk exposures; |
● | reviewing and approving all proposed related party transactions; |
● | meeting separately and periodically with management and the independent auditors; and |
● | monitoring compliance with our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. |
Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee is comprised of Ms. Wai Chun Chik, Mr. Dongjie Lao and Mr. Yu Yuan, with Mr. Dongjie Lao serving as chair. We have also determined that Ms. Wai Chun Chik, Mr. Dongjie Lao and Mr. Yu Yuan satisfy the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules.
The compensation committee is responsible for, among other things:
● | reviewing and approving, or recommending to the board for its approval, the compensation for our chief executive officer and other executive officers; |
● | reviewing and evaluating annually the appropriate level of compensation for board and committee service by non-employee directors; |
● | reviewing periodically and approving any incentive compensation or equity plans, programs or similar arrangements; and |
● | selecting compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser only after taking into consideration all factors relevant to that person’s independence from management. |
A copy of the compensation committee’s charter is available at our corporate website.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is comprised of Ms. Wai Chun Chik, Mr. Dongjie Lao and Mr. Yu Yuan, with Mr. Yu Yuan serving as chairman. We have also determined that Ms. Wai Chun Chik, Mr. Dongjie Lao and Mr. Yu Yuan, satisfy the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules.
The nominating committee is responsible for, among other things:
● | selecting and recommending to the board nominees for election; |
● | overseeing the board’s annual review of its performance (including its composition and organization), and making appropriate recommendations to improve performance; |
● | monitoring compliance with the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, including reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company’s procedures to ensure proper compliance; and |
● | advising the board periodically with regards to significant developments in the law and practice of corporate governance as well as our compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and making recommendations to the board on all matters of corporate governance and on any remedial action to be taken. |
A copy of the nominating and corporate governance committee’s current charter is available at our corporate website.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all directors, officers, employees, and consultants of the Company, whether they work for the Company on a full-time, part-time, consultative or temporary basis. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is currently available at our corporate website at http://ms100.com.hk/.
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Duties of Directors
Under Cayman Islands law, the directors owe fiduciary duties to our company, including a duty of loyalty, a duty to act honestly, and a duty to act in good faith and with a view to our best interests. Our directors must also exercise their powers only for a proper purpose. Our directors also have a duty to exercise the skills they actually possess and such care and diligence that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances.
In fulfilling their duty of care to us, our directors must ensure compliance with our memorandum and articles of association as may be amended from time to time. Our company has a right to seek damages against any director who breaches a duty owed to us.
The functions and powers of our board of directors include, among others:
● | convening shareholders’ annual general meetings and reporting its work to shareholders at such meetings; | |
● | declaring dividends and distributions; | |
● | appointing officers and determining the term of office of officers; and | |
● | exercising the borrowing powers of our company and mortgaging the property of our company. |
Qualification
There are no membership qualifications for directors. Further, there are no share ownership qualifications for directors unless so fixed by us in a general meeting. There are no other arrangements or understandings pursuant to which our directors are selected or nominated.
Terms of Directors and Officers
Our officers are elected by and serve at the discretion of the board of directors. Our directors are not subject to a term of office and hold office until their resignation, death or incapacity, or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified or until his or her office is otherwise vacated in accordance with our Amended Memorandum and Articles. A director will cease to be a director if, among other things, the director (i) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his or her creditors; (ii) dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind, (iii) resigns his or her office by notice in writing to the company, or (iv) without special leave of absence from our board, is absent from board meetings for a continuous period of six months or (v) is removed from office pursuant to any other provisions of our Amended Memorandum and Articles.
Interested Transactions
Interested director transactions are governed by the terms of a company’s memorandum and articles of association.
A director may, subject to any separate requirement for audit committee approval under applicable law, the Amended Memorandum and Articles or the Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rules, or disqualification by the chairman of the relevant board meeting, vote in respect of a certain contract or transaction in which he or she is interested, provided that the nature of the interest of any directors in such a contract or transaction is disclosed by him or her at or prior to its consideration and any vote in that matter.
Limitation on Liability and Other Indemnification Matters
Cayman Islands law allows us to indemnify our directors, officers and auditors acting in relation to any of our affairs against actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses incurred by reason of any act done or omitted in the execution of their duties as our directors, officers and auditors.
Under our Amended Memorandum and Articles, we may indemnify, among other persons, our Directors and officers from and against all actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses which they or any of them may incur or sustain by reason of any act done, concurred with, omitted by, or executed by as a part of their duty or supposed duty in carrying out their respective offices or trusts, except such (if any) as they shall incur or sustain through their own fraud or dishonesty.
Agreements with Named Executive Officers and Director
We have entered into employment agreements with our senior executive officers – Ms. Pik Chun Lin on December 22, 2024, and Mr. Chi Hei Tsoi on March 11, 2024 and both employment agreements became effective as of the effective date of the Company’s initial public offering. We have also entered into indemnification agreements with our executive officers and directors and director nominees – Mr. Lam, Ms. Pik Chun Lin, Mr. Chi Hei Tsoi, Ms. Wai Chun Chik, Mr. Dongjie Lao, and Mr. Yu Yuan, all of which will become effective on the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering.
We entered into a non-independent director agreement with Mr. Lam, which also speaks to his employment as chief executive officer, with his appointment as director effective as of August 17, 2022 and his appointment as Chief Executive Officer effective as of the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering. Finally, we have entered into independent director agreements with our director nominees, which will all become effective on the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering.
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Employment Agreements between the Company and Ms. Lin, and Mr. Tsoi
Pursuant to the employment agreements entered between the Company and Ms. Lin and Mr. Tsoi, respectively (each an “executive” and together the “executives”), the initial term of their employment agreements is from the date of effectiveness of the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission until or unless terminated by either party by giving not less than three (3) months’ notice in writing or payment in lieu. The Company can terminate the executive’s employment immediately without notice or payment in lieu if he/she willfully disobeys a lawful and reasonable order; he/she misconducts himself such conduct being inconsistent with the due and faithful discharge of his duties; he/she commits a fraudulent or dishonest act; he/she is habitually neglectful in his duties; or on any other ground on which the Company would be entitled to terminate his employment without notice at common law. Should the Company terminate the executive’s employment, all of the executive’s post termination obligations contained in the employment agreement, in particular the confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition provisions in, shall remain in full force and effect. The executive’s primary place of work will be in Hong Kong. The executive will perform all duties assigned to him in her/his capacity as Chief Financial Officer/Chief Accounting Officer, as applicable of the Company in connection with the business of the Company including the specific duties set out in the executive’s employment agreement and any other duties or tasks assigned by the Company or the CEO from time to time. The executives will report to the CEO and/or any other representative of the Group as directed by the CEO. The executive owes fiduciary obligations to the Company and will act in good faith and fidelity to the Company, including ensuring there is no conflict between the personal interest of the executive and his/her duties to the Company. The executive will fully disclose and obtain prior written consent from the CEO and/or the representatives to enter into any transaction or contract or commercial arrangement for profit where such a transaction or contract or arrangement is in direct or indirect conflict between the personal interest of the executive and his/her duties to the Company. The executive will not to accept any payment or other benefit in money or kind from any person or entity as an inducement or reward for any act or forbearance in connection with any matter or business transacted by or on behalf of the Company. The executive shall be responsible for and shall indemnify the Company in respect of the payment of all salaries tax and any other form of taxation in respect of all payments payable to the executive under his/her employment agreement.
The executive’s salary will be HK$30,000 per month and the executive’s salary may be reviewed by the Company on an annual basis. The executive is entitled to fifteen 15 days paid annual leave for each calendar year and to four (4) paid sickness days per month. The executive is bound to maintain in strict confidence all information concerning the business and financing of the Group acquired during his/her employment with the Company, as well as confidential information of any other third parties to which he/she may have access to, both during and for a period of two (2) years after the termination of his employment. The executive is subject to a non-sonication and non-compete clause which extends for a period of six (6) months following the executive’s termination date, pursuant to which the executive, either on his/her own behalf or for any other person directly or indirectly may not (i) approach, canvass, solicit or otherwise endeavor to entice away from the Group the customer of any person who at any time during the twelve (12) months preceding the termination date had been a customer or supplier of the Group and (ii) solicit or entice or endeavor to solicit or entice away from the Group any person who at the date of termination is employed or engaged by the Group in a managerial, executive or sales capacity and with whom the Executive has had material dealings or was directly managed by or reported to the Executive within the period of twelve (12) months immediately prior to the date of termination.
Indemnification agreements with Mr. Lam, Ms. Lin, Mr. Tsoi, Ms. Chik, Mr. Lao, and Mr. Yuan
Pursuant to the indemnification agreements entered between the Company and the executive officers (Mr. Lam, Ms. Lin, and Mr. Tsoi) and the director and director nominees (Ms. Chik, Mr. Lao, and Mr. Yuan) (each executive officer and director/director nominee an “indemnitee”), the Company will indemnify the indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of New York, or as such laws may from time to time hereafter be amended to increase the scope of such permitted indemnification, against any and all losses if the indemnitee was or is or becomes a party to or participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or participant in, any claim by reason of or arising in part out of an indemnifiable event, including, without limitation, claims brought by or in the right of the Company, claims brought by third parties, and claims in which the indemnitee is solely a witness. An indemnifiable event includes any event or occurrence, whether occurring before, on or after the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering, related to the fact that the indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, member, manager, trustee or agent of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity or enterprise or by reason of an action or inaction by the indemnitee in any such capacity (whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any loss is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under the indemnification agreement).
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The Company shall advance to the indemnitee, prior to the final disposition of any claim by final adjudication to which there are no further rights of appeal, any and all expenses actually and reasonably paid or incurred by the indemnitee in connection with any claim arising out of an indemnifiable event at the written request of indemnitee. The Company’s obligation to pay expense advances to the indemnitee is contingent upon the indemnitee’s execution and delivery to the Company of an undertaking to repay any amounts paid, advanced, or reimbursed by the Company for such expenses to the extent that it is ultimately determined, following the final disposition of such claim, that the indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification. To the fullest extent allowable under applicable law, the Company will also indemnify the indemnitee against, and, if requested by the indemnitee, shall advance to the indemnitee, any expenses actually and reasonably paid or incurred by the indemnitee in connection with any action or proceeding by the indemnitee for (a) indemnification or reimbursement or advance payment of expenses by the Company under any provision of the indemnification agreement, or under any other agreement or provision of the constituent documents in effect relating to claims relating to the indemnifiable events, and/or (b) recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company. If the indemnitee is ultimately determined not to be entitled to such indemnification or insurance recovery, then all amounts advanced in such a manner will be repaid.
The Company is not obligated to:
(a) indemnify or advance funds to an indemnitee for expenses or losses with respect to proceedings initiated by the indemnitee, including any proceedings against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees and not by way of defense, except: (i) proceedings by indemnitee for a. indemnification or reimbursement or advance payment of expenses by the Company under any provision of the indemnification agreement, or under any other agreement or provision of the constituent documents in effect relating to claims relating to the indemnifiable events, and/or b. recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company (unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by the indemnitee in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous); or (ii) where the Company has joined in or the board has consented to the initiation of such proceedings;
(b) indemnify an indemnitee if a final decision by a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such indemnification is prohibited by applicable law;
(c) indemnify an indemnitee for the disgorgement of profits arising from the purchase or sale by the indemnitee of securities of the Company in violation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or any similar successor statute; or
(d) indemnify or advance funds to the indemnitee for the indemnitee’s reimbursement to the Company of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation previously received by the indemnitee or payment of any profits realized by the indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in connection with an accounting restatement of the Company or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase or sale by the indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act).
The Company shall not be liable to an indemnitee for any amounts paid in settlement of any threatened or pending claim related to an indemnifiable event effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The agreements and obligations of the Company as delineate din the indemnification agreement will continue during the period that the indemnitee is a director or officer of the Company (or is serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, member, trustee or agent of another enterprise) and will continue thereafter (i) so long as the indemnitee may be subject to any possible claim relating to an indemnifiable event (including any rights of appeal thereto) and (ii) throughout the pendency of any proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto) commenced by the indemnitee to enforce or interpret his or her rights, even if, he or she may have ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any such claim or proceeding.
The Company shall from time to time make the good faith determination whether or not it is practicable for the Company to obtain and maintain a policy or policies of insurance providing the officers and directors of the Company with coverage for losses incurred in connection with their services to the Company or to ensure the Company’s performance of its indemnification obligations under the indemnification agreements.
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Non-independent director agreement with Mr. Lam
Mr. Lam’s appointment as director is effective as of August 17, 2022. Mr. Lam’s term as chief executive officer will commence from the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering and will continue until Mr. Lam’s successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified or until Mr. Lam’s earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal from officer, pursuant to the terms of the non-independent director agreement between the Company and Mr. Lam and the Company’s them current memorandum and articles of association, as may be ended from time to time, or any applicable laws, rules, or regulations. Mr. Lam will receive a monthly remuneration of HK$55,000, which compensation may be reviewed during the term of his non-independent director agreement with the Company by the Compensation Committee pursuant to its terms of reference after the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering. Any adjustment to the compensation will be recommended by the Compensation Committee and approved by the board. The director will be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the director’s positions as a member of the board and for services as a member of each committee of the board to which the director may be appointed.
Mr. Lam’s duties will include, but not be limited by, the following:
(a) devoting a sufficient amount of time and attention to the interests and affairs of the Company in the discharge of duties of his office as a director, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the Company and, where relevant, as an officer of such other members of the Group as are necessary for the proper and efficient administration, supervision, and management of the strategic planning, corporate management and business development of the Group;
(b) faithfully and diligently performing such duties and exercising such powers as are consistent with his office in relation to the Company and/or the Group;
(c) in the discharging of such duties and in the exercising of such powers observing and complying with all reasonable and lawful resolutions, instructions, regulations and directions from time to time passed, made or given by the board according to the best of his skills and ability;
(d) performing such services for the Group and (without further remuneration unless otherwise agreed) accepting such offices in the Group as the board may from time to time reasonably require provided the same are consistent with his office;
(e) at all times keeping the board promptly and fully informed (in writing if so requested) in connection with the performance of such powers and duties and provide such explanations as the board may require in connection with his office in relation to the Company and/or the Group;
(f) acting in accordance with his powers and obligations as a director, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the Company and using his best endeavors to comply with and to cause the Company to comply with:
(a) his non-independent director agreement with the Company;
(b) every rule or law applicable to any member of the Group, whether in the United States, Hong Kong, or elsewhere;
(c) the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules;
(d) amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company;
(e) shareholders’ and board resolutions of the Company;
(f) the Securities Act of 1933; and
(g) all other relevant securities regulations, rules, instructions and guidelines as issued by the relevant regulatory authorities from time to time, in relation to dealings in shares or other securities of the Company or any other member of the Group, and in relation to insider information or unpublished inside information affecting the shares, debentures or other securities of any member of the Group.
The director shall carry out his duties and exercise his powers jointly with any other executive officers, senior management or directors of the Group. The board may at any time require the director to cease performing any of his duties or exercising any of his power under his non-independent director agreement with the Company.
Whenever the director becomes aware of a business opportunity related to the Company’s business, which one could reasonably expect the director to make available to the Company, the director shall promptly disclose such opportunity to the applicable board committee or the board and proceed as directed by such committee or the board, as applicable.
When the director will have or may have access to and become informed of proprietary, confidential and secret information which is a competitive asset of the Company which the Director has had access by reason of the director’s relationship with the Company, the director will faithfully keep in strict confidence, any such confidential information
The term “confidential information” does include information which: (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the director or the director’s representatives; or (ii) is required to be disclosed by the director due to governmental regulatory or judicial process.
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Mr. Lam is required to abide by the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
Mr. Lam will cooperate with the Company to take all steps necessary or appropriate for the withholding of taxes by the Company required under law or regulation, and the Company may act unilaterally in order to comply with such laws.
Independent director agreement with Ms. Chik, Mr. Lao, and Mr. Yuan
Pursuant to the independent director agreements entered into between the Company and the directors, Ms. Chik, Mr. Lao, and Mr. Yuan, respectively (each an “independent director”), the initial term of employment of the independent director will commence from the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering and will continue until the independent director’s successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified or until the independent director’s earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal from officer, pursuant to the terms of the independent director agreement between the Company and the independent director and the Company’s them current memorandum and articles of association, as may be ended from time to time, or any applicable laws, rules, or regulations. The independent directors will receive a monthly remuneration of HK$12,000, which compensation may be reviewed during the term of his/her independent director agreement with the Company by the Compensation Committee pursuant to its terms of reference after the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering. Any adjustment to the compensation will be recommended by the Compensation Committee and approved by the board. The independent director will be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the director’s positions as a member of the board and for services as a member of each committee of the board to which the director may be appointed.
The director’s appointment to the board is contingent upon the board’s determination that the director is “independent” with respect to the Company, as such term is defined by Rule 5605 of the Nasdaq Stock Market’s Listing Rules, and any other applicable rules, and that the director may be removed from the board in the event that the director does not maintain such independence.
The independent directors shall carry out their duties and exercise their powers in good faith and in the best interests of the Company, including but not limited to, attending all required meetings of the board or applicable committees thereof, executive sessions of the independent directors, reviewing filing reports and other corporate documents as requested by the Company, and providing comments and opinion as to business matters as requested by the Company.
When the independent director has a direct or indirect financial or personal interest in a contract or transaction to which the Company is a party, or the director is contemplating entering into a transaction that involves use of corporate assets or competition against the Company, the director will promptly disclose such potential conflict to the applicable board committee or the board and proceed as directed by such committee or the board, as applicable. The director owes the duty of loyalty and the duty of care to the Company pursuant to applicable law and will act in all cases in accordance with applicable law.
Whenever the director becomes aware of a business opportunity related to the Company’s business, which one could reasonably expect the director to make available to the Company, the director shall promptly disclose such opportunity to the applicable board committee or the board and proceed as directed by such committee or the board, as applicable.
When the director will have or may have access to and become informed of proprietary, confidential and secret information which is a competitive asset of the Company which the director has had access by reason of the director’s relationship with the Company, the director will faithfully keep in strict confidence, any such confidential information.
The term “confidential information” does include information which: (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the director or the director’s representatives; or (ii) is required to be disclosed by the director due to governmental regulatory or judicial process.
The independent directors will abide by the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
The independent directors will cooperate with the Company to take all steps necessary or appropriate for the withholding of taxes by the Company required under law or regulation, and the Company may act unilaterally in order to comply with such laws.
Other than the real property lease, the form of indemnification agreement for our directors, the form of director agreement with Mr. Lam and the form of non-independent director agreements as described in this Annual Report, we have not entered into any material agreements other than in the ordinary course of business.
Insider Trading Policy
Our board of directors adopted, on July 29, 2024, insider trading policies and procedures governing the purchase, sale, and other dispositions of our securities by directors, officers, and employees and their respective family members of the Company that are reasonably designed to promote compliance with applicable insider trading laws, rules, and regulations, and any listing standards applicable to us.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Our compensation committee approves our salaries and benefit policies. It determines the compensation to be paid to our executive officers based on our financial and operating performance and prospects, and contributions made by the officers to our success. Each of the named officers will be measured by a series of performance criteria by the board of directors, or the compensation committee on a yearly basis. Such criteria will be set forth based on certain objective parameters such as job characteristics, required professionalism, management skills, interpersonal skills, related experience, personal performance and overall corporate performance.
Our board of directors has not adopted or established a formal policy or procedure for determining the amount of compensation paid to our executive officers. The board of directors will make an independent evaluation of appropriate compensation to key employees, with input from management. The board of directors has oversight of executive compensation plans, policies and programs.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to compensation for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 earned by or paid to our chief executive officer, Mr. Lam, the chief financial officer, Ms. Lin, and the chief accounting officer, Mr. Tsoi (the “named executive officers”).
Name and principal position | Year/ period | Fee earned or paid in cash | Base compensation and bonus | Share awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive plan compensation | Change in pension value and non-qualified deferred | All other compensation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mr. Chi Ming Lam Chief Executive Officer | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 | 52,372 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,154 | 53,526 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 | 73,333 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,744 | 75,077 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 | 84,615 | - | - | - | - | - | 2,308 | 86,923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ms. Pik Chun Lin Chief Financial Officer | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 | 45,045 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,154 | 46,199 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 | 34,872 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,449 | 36,321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 | 110,256 | - | - | - | - | - | 2,308 | 112,564 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mr. Chi Hei Tsoi Chief Accounting Officer | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Compensation of Directors
For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, no members of our board of directors received compensation in their capacity as directors.
Director Compensation — Non-Employee Directors
For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not have any non-employee directors. At the closing of the Offering, we will engage three independent directors, who are not employees of the Company or any of the Operating Subsidiaries, as non-employee directors. We will pay our independent directors an annual cash retainer subject to terms of the definitive agreements. We will also reimburse all directors for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with their services provided in such capacity. In addition, we may provide incentive grants of stock, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for, our securities.
Executive Compensation Recovery Policy
On July 29, 2024, our board of directors adopted an Executive Compensation Recovery Policy providing for the recovery of certain incentive-based compensation from current and former executive officers of the Company in the event the Company is required to restate any of its financial statements filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act in order to correct an error that is material to the previously-issued financial statements, or that would result in a material misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current period. Adoption of the Executive Compensation Recovery Policy was mandated by new Nasdaq listing standards introduced pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 10D-1. The Executive Compensation Recovery Policy is in addition to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which permits the SEC to order the disgorgement of bonuses and incentive-based compensation earned by a registrant issuer’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer in the year following the filing of any financial statement that the issuer is required to restate because of misconduct, and the reimbursement of those funds to the issuer.
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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In addition to the executive officer and director compensation arrangements discussed in “Executive Compensation”, below we describe transactions since our incorporation, to which we have been a participant, in which the amount involved in the transaction is material to our Company and in which any of the following is a party: (a) enterprises that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control or are controlled by, or are under common control with, our Company; (b) associates; (c) individuals owning, directly or indirectly, an interest in the voting power of our Company that gives them significant influence over our Company, and close members of any such individual’s family; (d) key management personnel, that is, those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of our Company, including directors and senior management of companies and close members of such individuals’ families; and (e) enterprises in which a substantial interest in the voting power is owned, directly or indirectly, by any person described in (c) or (d) or over which such a person is able to exercise significant influence.
a. | Due from related parties |
As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the balances of amounts due from related parties were as follows:
As of March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||
Due from a related party | ||||||||||||
Mr. Chi Ming Lam (1 and 2) | - | 78,355 | 520,151 | |||||||||
Total | - | 78,355 | 520,151 |
(1) | Mr. Chi Ming Lam is the Chief Executive Officer, director and Chairman of the Company. |
(2) | The balance represented the advances to Mr. Lam. The amount was unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand. The balance has been fully repaid as of the date of this prospectus. |
b. | Related party transactions |
For the years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||
Purchases from a related party | ||||||||||||
Mo Building Material Limited (1) | - | 425,128 | 335,431 | |||||||||
Total | - | 425,128 | 335,431 | |||||||||
Dividend declared and offsetting against due from | ||||||||||||
Mr. Chi Ming Lam (2) | 1,711,225 | 2,564,103 | 1,282,051 | |||||||||
Total | 1,711,225 | 2,564,103 | 1,282,051 | |||||||||
Advances from (Payment to) a related party | ||||||||||||
Mr. Chi Ming Lam (2 and 3) | 1,058,733 | 632,648 | 354,232 | |||||||||
Mr. Chi Ming Lam (2 and 3) | (2,730,449 | ) | (2,754,955 | ) | (1,623,892 | ) | ||||||
Total | (1,671,716 | ) | (2,122,307 | ) | (1,269,660 | ) |
(1) | Mo Building Material Limited is a company in which Mr. Chi Ming Lam had beneficial interest before September 2, 2022. |
(2) | Mr. Chi Ming Lam is the Chief Executive Officer, director and Chairman of the Company. |
(3) | Represents the total advances from (payments to) Mr. Lam for the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022 which were non-trade in nature, unsecured, interest-free and had no fixed term of repayment. As of March 31, 2024, the amount due from Mr. Lam to the Company was nil. |
There are no related party transactions to report for the period between March 31, 2024 and the date of this prospectus, and as of the date of this prospectus the Company has ceased all related party transactions.
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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
The following table sets forth information with respect to beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares as of the date of the prospectus by:
● | Each person who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares; |
● | Each of our director, director nominees and named executive officers; and |
● | All directors and named executive officers as a group. |
Our Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 Ordinary Shares with par value of $0.0005. The number and percentage of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned before the Offering are based on 11,250,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus and 12,750,000 Ordinary Shares post-Offering, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares. Information with respect to beneficial ownership has been furnished by each director, officer or beneficial owner of more than 5% of our Ordinary Shares.
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally requires that such person have voting or investment power with respect to securities. In computing the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by a person listed below and the percentage ownership of such person, Ordinary Shares underlying options, warrants or convertible securities held by each such person that are exercisable or convertible within 60 days of the date of this prospectus are deemed outstanding but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
None of our shareholders as of the date of this prospectus is a record holder in the United States. Except as otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table, or as required by applicable community property laws, all persons listed have sole voting and investment power for all Ordinary Shares shown as beneficially owned by them. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes, the address for each principal shareholder is in the care of our Company at 8/F, Cheong Tai Industrial Building, 16 Tai Yau Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. As of the date of this prospectus, we have one shareholder of record.
Ordinary Shares beneficially owned prior to this Offering | Ordinary Shares beneficially owned after this Offering | |||||||||||||||
Number | % | Number | % | |||||||||||||
Directors and Executive Officer: | ||||||||||||||||
Chi Ming LAM Chief Executive Officer | 11,250,000 | 100 | 10,750,000 | (1) | 84.31 | |||||||||||
Pik
Chun LIN Chief Financial Officer | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Chi Hei TSOI Chief Accounting Officer | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Wai Chun CHIK | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Dongjie LAO | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Yu YUAN | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
All directors and executive officers as a group | 11,250,000 | 100 | 10,750,000 | 84.31 |
(1) | Assuming Mr. Chi Ming Lam disposes 500,000 Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Prospectus. |
As of the date of this prospectus, we are authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares with par value of $0.0005 in a single class. Holders of Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote per share. We will issue and register Ordinary Shares in this Offering.
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As of the date of this prospectus, none of our outstanding Ordinary Shares are held by record holders in the United States. The Company’s Ordinary Shares are owned by Mr. Chi Ming Lam, a citizen of Hong Kong. Mr. Lam owns 11,250,000 Ordinary Shares, which represent 100% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares as of the date hereof. The Company is not aware that it is directly owned or controlled by another corporation, any foreign government or any other natural or legal person(s) severally or jointly.
We are not aware of any arrangement that may, at a subsequent date, result in a change of control of our Company.
History of Share Capital
We were incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with liability limited by shares on August 2, 2022 with the specific purpose to become the legal vehicle for our Operating Subsidiaries to go public in the U.S.
Name of company | Place of incorporation | Attributable equity interest (%) | Issued and outstanding shares | |||||||
Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited | Cayman Islands | Parent | 11,250,000 | |||||||
MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited | British Virgin Islands | 100 | N/A | |||||||
MS (HK) Engineering Limited | Hong Kong | 100 | N/A | |||||||
MS Engineering Co., Limited | Hong Kong | 100 | N/A |
On August 2, 2022, the Company was incorporated in the Cayman Islands. On August 17, 2022, the Company incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary, MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited, a BVI business company with limited liability incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.
On November 25, 2022, Mr. Chi Ming Lam, the then sole shareholder of MS (HK) Engineering Limited, transferred his entire equity interest in MS (HK) Engineering Limited, to MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited.
On November 25, 2022, Mr. Chi Ming Lam, the then sole shareholder of MS Engineering Co., Limited, transferred his entire equity interest in MS Engineering Co., Limited, to MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited.
As of the date of this prospectus, none of our outstanding Ordinary Shares is held by record holders in the United States.
We are not aware of any arrangement that may, at a subsequent date, result in a change in control of our Company.
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DESCRIPTION OF ORDINARY SHARES
General
Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited is a holding company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on August 2, 2022. Our affairs are governed by the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as amended and/or restated from time to time, the Companies Act and the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands (including applicable common law).
The following description of our share capital and provisions of our post offering amended and restated memorandum and articles of association are summaries and do not purport to be complete. Reference is made to our post offering amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, copies of which are filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part (and which is referred to in this section as, respectively, the “memorandum” and the “articles”).
We were incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability under the Companies Act on August 2, 2022. A Cayman Islands exempted company:
● | is a company that conducts its business mainly outside the Cayman Islands; | |
● | is prohibited from trading in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the exempted company carried on outside the Cayman Islands (and for this purpose can effect and conclude contracts in the Cayman Islands and exercise in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands); | |
● | does not have to hold an annual general meeting; | |
● | does not have to make its register of members open to inspection by shareholders of that company; | |
● | may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation; | |
● | may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands; | |
● | may register as a limited duration company; and | |
● | may register as a segregated portfolio company. |
Ordinary Shares
All of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares are fully paid and non-assessable. Our ordinary shares are issued in registered form, and are issued when registered in our register of members. Unless the board of directors determine otherwise, each holder of our ordinary shares will not receive a certificate in respect of such ordinary shares. Our shareholders who are non-residents of the Cayman Islands may freely hold and vote their ordinary shares. We may not issue shares or warrants to bearer.
As of the date of this prospectus, our authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 100,000,000 ordinary shares of par value US$0.0005 each. As of the date of this prospectus, there are 11,250,000 ordinary shares issued and outstanding. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and our articles regarding redemption and purchase of the shares, the directors have general and unconditional authority to allot (with or without confirming rights of renunciation), grant options over or otherwise deal with any unissued shares to such persons, at such times and on such terms and conditions as they may decide. The directors may deal with unissued shares either at a premium or at par, or with or without preferred, deferred or other special rights or restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise. No share may be issued at a discount except in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act. The directors may refuse to accept any application for shares, and may accept any application in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason.
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Listing
Our Ordinary Shares are listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “MSW”.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
Our transfer agent and registrar for the Ordinary Shares is Odyssey Trust Company. Odyssey Trust Company’s address and phone number is 1230 – 300 5th Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3C4; telephone number 587-885-0960. The email address for the transfer agent is clients@odysseytrust.com.
Dividends
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and any rights attaching to any class or classes of shares under and in accordance with the articles:
● | the directors may declare dividends or distributions out of our funds which are lawfully available for that purpose; and | |
● | our shareholders may, by ordinary resolution, declare dividends but no such dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the directors. |
Our board of directors may decide to pay dividends to its shareholders without having to obtain shareholders’ consent. Dividends are therefore usually paid pursuant to a resolution of the board of directors passed either by way of written resolution or at a board meeting.
Alternatively, dividends may also be declared pursuant to an ordinary resolution of the shareholders passed either by way of written resolution or at a general meeting. Our board of directors may recommend a dividend to the shareholders either by way of written resolution or at a board meeting. Shareholders would evaluate the director’s recommendation pursuant to an ordinary resolution passed either by way of written resolution or at a general meeting. However, the amount of such dividend to be paid must not exceed the amount recommended by the board.
Subject to the requirements of the Companies Act regarding the application of a company’s share premium account and with the sanction of an ordinary resolution, dividends may also be declared and paid out of any share premium account. The directors when paying dividends to shareholders may make such payment either in cash or in specie.
Unless provided by the rights attached to a share, no dividend shall bear interest.
Voting Rights
Subject to any rights or restrictions as to voting attached to any shares, unless any share carries special voting rights, on a show of hands every shareholder who is present in person and every person representing a shareholder by proxy shall have one vote per Ordinary Share. On a poll, every shareholder who is present in person and every person representing a shareholder by proxy shall have one vote for each share of which he or the person represented by proxy is the holder. In addition, all shareholders holding shares of a particular class are entitled to vote at a meeting of the holders of that class of shares. Votes may be given either personally or by proxy.
Variation of Rights of Shares
Whenever our capital is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attaching to any class of share (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may be varied either with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the issued shares of that class, or with the sanction of a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the holders of shares of the class present in person or by proxy at a separate general meeting of the holders of shares of that class.
Unless the terms on which a class of shares was issued state otherwise, the rights conferred on the shareholder holding shares of any class shall not be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu with the existing shares of that class.
Alteration of Share Capital
Subject to the Companies Act, our shareholders may, by ordinary resolution:
● | increase our share capital by new shares of the amount fixed by that ordinary resolution and with the attached rights, priorities and privileges set out in that ordinary resolution; |
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● | consolidate and divide all or any of our share capital into shares of larger amount than our existing shares; | |
● | convert all or any of our paid-up shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into paid up shares of any denomination; | |
● | sub-divide our shares or any of them into shares of an amount smaller than that fixed, so, however, that in the sub-division, the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced share shall be the same as it was in case of the share from which the reduced share is derived; and | |
● | cancel shares which, at the date of the passing of that ordinary resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of our share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled or, in the case of shares without nominal par value, diminish the number of shares into which our capital is divided. |
Subject to the Companies Act and to any rights for the time being conferred on the shareholders holding a particular class of shares, our shareholders may, by special resolution, reduce its share capital in any way.
Calls on Shares and Forfeiture or Surrender of Shares
Subject to the terms of allotment, board of directors may make calls upon shareholders in respect of any monies unpaid on their shares including any premium (such as any interest which may have accrued, and any expenses which have been incurred by the Company in connection with the unpaid monies). The call may provide for payment to be by instalments. Subject to receiving at least 14 clear days’ notice specifying when and where payment is to be made, each Shareholder shall pay to the Company the amount called on his shares as required by the notice. For the avoidance of doubt, if the issued shares have been fully paid in accordance with the terms of its issuance and subscription, such as the Ordinary Shares in this Offering, the board of directors shall not have the right to make calls on such fully paid shares and such fully paid shares shall not be subject to forfeiture. There is no premium in connection with the Ordinary Shares in this Offering.
If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than 14 clear days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid, any interest which may have accrued, and any expenses which have been incurred by the Company due to that person’s default. The notice shall state the place where payment is to be made, and a warning that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call is made will be liable to be forfeited.
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If such notice is not complied with, the directors may, before the payment required by the notice has been received, resolve that any share being the subject of that notice be forfeited. The forfeiture shall include all dividends or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited share and not paid before the forfeiture. Despite the foregoing, the board of directors may determine that any share the subject of that notice be accepted by the Company as surrendered by the Shareholder holding that share in lieu of forfeiture.
A forfeited or surrendered Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the board of directors determine either to the former Shareholder who held that share or to any other person. The forfeiture or surrender may be cancelled on such terms as the directors think fit at any time before a sale, re-allotment or other disposition.
A person whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a shareholder in respect of the forfeited shares, but shall, notwithstanding such forfeiture, remain liable to pay to us all monies which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to us in respect of the shares, together with all expenses and interest from the date of forfeiture or surrender until payment. The directors, however, may waive payment wholly or in part.
A declaration, whether statutory or under oath, made by a director or the secretary shall be conclusive evidence that the person making the declaration is our director or secretary and that the particular shares have been forfeited or surrendered on a particular date.
As of the date of this prospectus, as the shares have been duly registered in the Company’s register of members as fully paid shares, they are considered fully paid and non-assessable, and are not subject to forfeiture.
Unclaimed Dividend
A dividend that remains unclaimed for a period of six years after it became due for payment shall be forfeited to, and shall cease to remain owing by, the company.
Share Premium Account
The directors shall establish a share premium account and shall carry the credit of such account from time to time to a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any share or capital contributed or such other amounts required by the Companies Act.
Redemption and Purchase of Own Shares
Subject to the Companies Act and any rights for the time being conferred on the shareholders holding a particular class of shares, we may by action of our directors:
● | issue shares that are to be redeemed or liable to be redeemed, at our option or the shareholder holding those redeemable shares, on the terms and in the manner our directors determine before the issue of those shares; | |
● | with the consent by special resolution of the shareholders holding shares of a particular class, vary the rights attaching to that class of shares so as to provide that those shares are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at our option on the terms and in the manner which the directors determine at the time of such variation; and | |
● | purchase all or any of our own shares of any class including any redeemable shares on the terms and in the manner which the directors determine at the time of such purchase. |
We may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own shares in any manner authorized by the Companies Act, including out of any combination of capital, our profits and the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares.
When making a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of shares, the directors may make the payment in cash or in specie (or partly in one and partly in the other) if so authorized by the terms of the allotment of those shares or by the terms applying to those shares, or otherwise by agreement with the shareholder holding those shares.
Transfer of Shares
Subject to any applicable requirements set forth in the Articles and provided that a transfer of ordinary shares complies with applicable rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market, a shareholder may transfer ordinary shares to another person by completing an instrument of transfer in a common form or in a form prescribed by Nasdaq or in any other form approved by the directors, executed:
● | where the ordinary shares are fully paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder; and | |
● | where the ordinary shares are partly paid, by or on behalf of that shareholder and the transferee. |
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The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of an Ordinary Share until the name of the transferee is entered into our register of members.
Where the ordinary shares in question are not listed on or subject to the rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market, our board of directors may, in its absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of any Ordinary Share that has not been fully paid up or is subject to a company lien. Our board of directors may also decline to register any transfer of such Ordinary Share unless:
● | the instrument of transfer is lodged with us, accompanied by the certificate for the ordinary shares to which it relates and such other evidence as our board of directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer; | |
● | the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of ordinary shares; | |
● | the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required; | |
● | the Ordinary Share transferred is fully paid and free of any lien in favor of us; | |
● | any fee related to the transfer has been paid to us; and | |
● | the transfer is not more than four joint holders. |
If our directors refuse to register a transfer, they are required, within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, to send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal.
The registration of transfers may, on 14 days’ notice being given by advertisement in such one or more newspapers or by electronic means, be suspended and our register of members closed at such times and for such periods as our board of directors may, in their absolute discretion, from time to time determine. The registration of transfers, however, may not be suspended, and the register may not be closed, for more than 30 days in any year.
Inspection of Books and Records
Holders of our ordinary shares will have no general right under the Companies Act to inspect or obtain copies of our register of members or our corporate records.
General Meetings
As a Cayman Islands exempted company, we are not obligated by the Companies Act to call shareholders’ annual general meetings; accordingly, we may, but shall not be obliged to, in each year hold a general meeting as an annual general meeting. Any annual general meeting held shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by our board of directors. All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.
The directors may convene general meetings whenever they think fit. General meetings shall also be convened on the written requisition of one or more of the shareholders entitled to attend and vote at our general meetings who (together) hold not less than ten percent of the rights to vote at such general meeting in accordance with the notice provisions in the articles, specifying the purpose of the meeting and signed by each of the shareholders making the requisition. If the directors do not convene such meeting within 21 clear days’ from the date of receipt of the written requisition, those shareholders who requested the meeting or any of them may convene the general meeting themselves within three months after the end of such period of 21 clear days in which case reasonable expenses incurred by them as a result of the directors failing to convene a meeting shall be reimbursed by us.
At least 14 clear days’ notice of an extraordinary general meeting and 21 clear days’ notice of an annual general meeting shall be given to shareholders entitled to attend and vote at such meeting. The notice shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of that business. In addition, if a resolution is proposed as a special resolution, the text of that resolution shall be given to all shareholders. Notice of every general meeting shall also be given to the directors and our auditors.
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Subject to the Companies Act and with the consent of the shareholders who, individually or collectively, hold at least 90 percent of the voting rights of all those who have a right to vote at a general meeting, a general meeting may be convened on shorter notice.
A quorum shall consist of the presence (whether in person or represented by proxy) of one or more shareholders holding shares that represent not less than one-third of the outstanding shares carrying the right to vote at such general meeting.
If, within 15 minutes from the time appointed for the general meeting, or at any time during the meeting, a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of shareholders, shall be cancelled. In any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same time and place seven days or to such other time or place as is determined by the directors.
The chairman may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present, adjourn the meeting. When a meeting is adjourned for more than seven clear days, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with the articles.
At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands, unless a poll is (before, or on, the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded by the chairman of the meeting or by at least two shareholders having the right to vote on the resolutions or one or more shareholders present who together hold not less than ten percent of the voting rights of all those who are entitled to vote on the resolution. Unless a poll is so demanded, a declaration by the chairman as to the result of a resolution and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting, shall be conclusive evidence of the outcome of a show of hands, without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favor of, or against, that resolution.
If a poll is duly demanded it shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.
In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of the meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded, shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.
Directors
We may by ordinary resolution, from time to time, fix the maximum and minimum number of directors to be appointed. Under the articles, we are required to have a minimum of one director and the maximum number of Directors shall be unlimited.
A director may be appointed by ordinary resolution or by the directors. Any appointment may be to fill a vacancy or as an additional director.
Unless the remuneration of the directors is determined by the shareholders by ordinary resolution, the directors shall be entitled to such remuneration as the directors may determine.
The shareholding qualification for directors may be fixed by our shareholders by ordinary resolution and unless and until so fixed no share qualification shall be required.
A director may be removed by ordinary resolution.
A director may at any time resign from office by giving us notice in writing. Unless the notice specifies a different date, the director shall be deemed to have resigned on the date that the notice is delivered to us.
Subject to the provisions of the articles, the office of a director may be terminated forthwith if:
● | he is prohibited by the law of the Cayman Islands from acting as a director; | |
● | he is made bankrupt or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; | |
● | he resigns his office by notice to us; |
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● | he only held office as a director for a fixed term and such term expires; | |
● | in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner by whom he is being treated he becomes physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director; | |
● | he is given notice by the majority of the other directors (not being less than two in number) to vacate office (without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any agreement relating to the provision of the services of such director); | |
● | he is made subject to any law relating to mental health or incompetence, whether by court order or otherwise; or | |
● | without the consent of the other directors, he is absent from meetings of directors for continuous period of six months. |
Each of the compensation committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee shall consist of at least three directors and the majority of the committee members shall be independent within the meaning of Section 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq listing rules. The audit committee shall consist of at least three directors, all of whom shall be independent within the meaning of Section 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq listing rules and will meet the criteria for independence set forth in Rule 10A-3 or Rule 10C-1 of the Exchange Act.
Powers and Duties of Directors
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and our memorandum and articles, our business shall be managed by the directors, who may exercise all our powers. No prior act of the directors shall be invalidated by any subsequent alteration of our memorandum or articles. To the extent allowed by the Companies Act, however, shareholders may by special resolution validate any prior or future act of the directors which would otherwise be in breach of their duties.
The directors may delegate any of their powers to any committee consisting of one or more persons who need not be shareholders and may include non-directors so long as the majority of those persons are directors; any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the directors. Upon the initial closing of this offering, our board of directors will have established an audit committee, compensation committee, and nomination and corporate governance committee.
The board of directors may establish any local or divisional board of directors or agency and delegate to it its powers and authorities (with power to sub-delegate) for managing any of our affairs whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere and may appoint any persons to be members of a local or divisional board of directors, or to be managers or agents, and may fix their remuneration.
The directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney or in any other manner they determine appoint any person, either generally or in respect of any specific matter, to be our agent with or without authority for that person to delegate all or any of that person’s powers.
The directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney or in any other manner they determine appoint any person, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the directors, to be our attorney or our authorized signatory and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit. The powers, authorities and discretions, however, must not exceed those vested in, or exercisable, by the directors under the articles.
The board of directors may remove any person so appointed and may revoke or vary the delegation.
The directors may exercise all of our powers to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets both present and future and uncalled capital or any part thereof, to issue debentures and other securities whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of ours or our parent undertaking (if any) or any subsidiary undertaking of us or of any third party.
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A director shall not, as a director, vote in respect of any contract, transaction, arrangement or proposal in which he has an interest which (together with any interest of any person connected with him) is a material interest (otherwise than by virtue of his interests, direct or indirect, in shares or debentures or other securities of, or otherwise in or through, us) and if he shall do so his vote shall not be counted, nor in relation thereto shall he be counted in the quorum present at the meeting, but (in the absence of some other material interest than is mentioned below) none of these prohibitions shall apply to:
(a) | the giving of any security, guarantee or indemnity in respect of: | |
(i) | money lent or obligations incurred by him or by any other person for our benefit or any of our subsidiaries; or | |
(ii) | a debt or obligation of ours or any of our subsidiaries for which the director himself has assumed responsibility in whole or in part and whether alone or jointly with others under a guarantee or indemnity or by the giving of security; | |
(b) | where we or any of our subsidiaries is offering securities in which offer the director is or may be entitled to participate as a holder of securities or in the underwriting or sub-underwriting of which the director is to or may participate; | |
(c) | any contract, transaction, arrangement or proposal affecting any other body corporate in which he is interested, directly or indirectly and whether as an officer, shareholder, creditor or otherwise howsoever, provided that he (together with persons connected with him) does not to his knowledge hold an interest representing one percent or more of any class of the equity share capital of such body corporate (or of any third body corporate through which his interest is derived) or of the voting rights available to shareholders of the relevant body corporate; | |
(d) | any act or thing done or to be done in respect of any arrangement for the benefit of the employees of us or any of our subsidiaries under which he is not accorded as a director any privilege or advantage not generally accorded to the employees to whom such arrangement relates; or | |
(e) | any matter connected with the purchase or maintenance for any director of insurance against any liability or (to the extent permitted by the Companies Act) indemnities in favor of directors, the funding of expenditure by one or more directors in defending proceedings against him or them or the doing of anything to enable such director or directors to avoid incurring such expenditure. |
A director may, as a director, vote (and be counted in the quorum) in respect of any contract, transaction, arrangement or proposal in which he has an interest which is not a material interest or as described above.
Capitalization of Profits
The directors may resolve to capitalize:
● | any part of our profits not required for paying any preferential dividend (whether or not those profits are available for distribution); or | |
● | any sum standing to the credit of our share premium account or capital redemption reserve, if any. |
The amount resolved to be capitalized must be appropriated to the shareholders who would have been entitled to it had it been distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions.
Liquidation Rights
If we are wound up, the shareholders may, subject to the articles and any other sanction required by the Companies Act, pass a special resolution allowing the liquidator to do either or both of the following:
● | to divide in specie among the shareholders the whole or any part of our assets and, for that purpose, to value any assets and to determine how the division shall be carried out as between the shareholders or different classes of shareholders; and | |
● | to vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees for the benefit of shareholders and those liable to contribute to the winding up. |
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The directors have the authority to present a petition for our winding up to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on our behalf without the sanction of a resolution passed at a general meeting.
Register of Members
Under the Companies Act, we must keep a register of members and there should be entered therein:
● | the names and addresses of our shareholders, and, a statement of the shares held by each member, which: |
● | distinguishes each share by its number (so long as the share has a number); | |
● | confirms the amount paid, or agreed to be considered as paid, on the shares of each member; | |
● | confirms the number and category of shares held by each member; and | |
● | confirms whether each relevant category of shares held by a member carries voting rights under the articles of association of the company, and if so, whether such voting rights are conditional; |
● | the date on which the name of any person was entered on the register as a shareholder; and | |
● | the date on which any person ceased to be a shareholder. |
Under the Companies Act, the register of members of our company is prima facie evidence of the matters set out therein (that is, the register of members will raise a presumption of fact on the matters referred to above unless rebutted) and a shareholder registered in the register of members is deemed as a matter of the Companies Act to have legal title to the shares as set against its name in the register of members. Upon the completion of this offering, the register of members will be immediately updated to record and give effect to the issuance of shares by us to the custodian or its nominee. Once our register of members has been updated, the shareholders recorded in the register of members will be deemed to have legal title to the shares set against their name.
If the name of any person is incorrectly entered in or omitted from our register of members, or if there is any default or unnecessary delay in entering on the register the fact of any person having ceased to be a shareholder of our company, the person or shareholder aggrieved (or any shareholder of our company or our company itself) may apply to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands for an order that the register be rectified, and the Court may either refuse such application or it may, if satisfied of the justice of the case, make an order for the rectification of the register.
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Differences in Corporate Law
The Companies Act is derived, to a large extent, from the older Companies Acts of England and Wales but does not follow recent United Kingdom statutory enactments, and accordingly there are significant differences between the Companies Act and the current Companies Act of the UK. In addition, the Companies Act differs from laws applicable to United States corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary of certain significant differences between the provisions of the Companies Act applicable to us and the comparable laws applicable to companies incorporated in the State of Delaware in the United States.
Delaware | Cayman Islands | |||
Title of Organizational Documents | Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws | Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum and Articles of Association | ||
Duties of Directors | Under Delaware law, the business and affairs of a corporation are managed by or under the direction of its board of directors. In exercising their powers, directors are charged with a fiduciary duty of care to protect the interests of the corporation and a fiduciary duty of loyalty to act in the best interests of its shareholders. The duty of care requires that directors act in an informed and deliberative manner and inform themselves, prior to making a business decision, of all material information reasonably available to them. The duty of care also requires that directors exercise care in overseeing and investigating the conduct of the corporation’s employees. The duty of loyalty may be summarized as the duty to act in good faith, not out of self-interest, and in a manner which the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the shareholders. | As a matter of Cayman Islands law, a director owes three types of duties to the company: (i) statutory duties, (ii) fiduciary duties, and (iii) common law duties. The Companies Act imposes a number of statutory duties on a director. A Cayman Islands director’s fiduciary duties are not codified, however the courts of the Cayman Islands have held that a director owes the following fiduciary duties (a) a duty to act in what the director bona fide considers to be in the best interests of the company, (b) a duty to exercise their powers for the purposes they were conferred, (c) a duty to avoid fettering his or her discretion in the future and (d) a duty to avoid conflicts of interest and of duty. The common law duties owed by a director are those to act with skill, care and diligence that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the company and, also, to act with the skill, care and diligence in keeping with a standard of care commensurate with any particular skill they have which enables them to meet a higher standard than a director without those skills. In fulfilling their duty of care to us, our directors must ensure compliance with our Amended Memorandum and Articles, as amended and restated from time to time. We have the right to seek damages where certain duties owed by any of our directors are breached. | ||
Limitations on Personal Liability of Directors | Subject to the limitations described below, a certificate of incorporation may provide for the elimination or limitation of the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Such provision cannot limit liability for breach of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith, intentional misconduct, unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful share purchase or redemption. In addition, the certificate of incorporation cannot limit liability for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision becomes effective. | The Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. |
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Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Agents, and Others | A corporation has the power to indemnify any director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation who was, is, or is threatened to be made a party who acted in good faith and in a manner he believed to be in the best interests of the corporation, and if with respect to a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct would be unlawful, against amounts actually and reasonably incurred. | Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of directors and officers, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against the consequences of committing a crime, or against the indemnified person’s own fraud or dishonesty.
Our Amended Memorandum and Articles provide 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: (a) all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by the existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary or officer in or about the conduct of our business or affairs or in the execution or discharge of the existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary’s or officer’s duties, powers, authorities or discretions; and (b) without limitation to paragraph (a) above, all costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by the existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary or officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings (whether threatened, pending or completed) concerning us or our affairs in any court or tribunal, whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. | ||
No such existing or former director (including alternate director), secretary or officer, however, shall be indemnified in respect of any matter arising out of his own actual fraud, willful default or willful neglect.
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 director (including alternate director), secretary or any of our officers in respect of any matter identified in above on condition that the director (including alternate director), secretary or officer must repay the amount paid by us to the extent that we are ultimately found not liable to indemnify the director (including alternate director), the secretary or that officer for those legal costs. |
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Interested Directors | Under Delaware law, a transaction in which a director who has an interest in such transaction would not be void or voidable solely because such interested director is present at or participates in the meeting that authorizes the transaction if (i) the material facts as to such interested director’s relationship or interests are disclosed or are known to the board of directors and the board in good faith authorizes the transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors are less than a quorum, (ii) such material facts are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote on such transaction and the transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders, or (iii) the transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified. Under Delaware law, a director could be held liable for any transaction in which such director derived an improper personal benefit. | Interested director transactions are governed by the terms of a company’s memorandum and articles of association. |
Voting Requirements | The certificate of incorporation may include a provision requiring supermajority approval by the directors or shareholders for any corporate action.
In addition, under Delaware law, certain business combinations involving interested shareholders require approval by a supermajority of the non-interested shareholders. |
For the protection of shareholders, certain matters must be approved by special resolution of the shareholders as a matter of Cayman Islands law, including alteration of the memorandum or articles of association, appointment of inspectors to examine company affairs, reduction of share capital (subject, in relevant circumstances, to court approval), change of name, authorization of a plan of merger or transfer by way of continuation to another jurisdiction or consolidation or voluntary winding up of the company.
The Companies Act requires that a special resolution be passed by a majority of at least two-thirds or such higher percentage as set forth in the memorandum and articles of association, of shareholders being entitled to vote and do vote in person or by proxy at a general meeting, or by unanimous written consent of shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting.
The Companies Act defines “special resolutions” only. A company’s memorandum and articles of association can therefore tailor the definition of “ordinary resolutions” as a whole, or with respect to specific provisions. | ||
Voting for Directors | Under Delaware law, unless otherwise specified in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the corporation, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. | Director election is governed by the terms of the memorandum and articles of association. | ||
Cumulative Voting | No cumulative voting for the election of directors unless so provided in the certificate of incorporation. | There are no prohibitions in relation to cumulative voting under the Companies Act but our Amended Memorandum and Articles do not provide for cumulative voting. |
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Directors’ Powers Regarding Bylaws | The certificate of incorporation may grant the directors the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws. | The memorandum and articles of association may only be amended by a special resolution of the shareholders. | ||
Nomination and Removal of Directors and Filling Vacancies on Board | Shareholders may generally nominate directors if they comply with advance notice provisions and other procedural requirements in company bylaws. Holders of a majority of the shares may remove a director with or without cause, except in certain cases involving a classified board or if the company uses cumulative voting. Unless otherwise provided for in the certificate of incorporation, directorship vacancies are filled by a majority of the directors elected or then in office. | Nomination and removal of directors and filling of board vacancies are governed by the terms of the memorandum and articles of association. | ||
Mergers and Similar Arrangements | Under Delaware law, with certain exceptions, a merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a corporation must be approved by the board of directors and by a majority of the outstanding voting power of the shares entitled to vote thereon. Under Delaware law, a shareholder of a corporation participating in certain mergers are entitled to appraisal rights pursuant to which such shareholder may receive cash in the amount of the fair value (as determined by the Delaware Court of Chancery) of the shares held by such shareholder in lieu of the consideration such shareholder would otherwise receive in the transaction. | The Companies Act provides for the merger or consolidation of two or more companies into a single entity. The legislation makes a distinction between a “consolidation” and a “merger.” In a consolidation, a new entity is formed from the combination of each participating company, and the separate consolidating parties, as a consequence, cease to exist and are each stricken off by the Registrar of Companies. In a merger, one company remains as the surviving entity, having in effect absorbed the other merging parties that are then stricken off and cease to exist. | ||
Delaware law also provides that a parent entity, by resolution of its board of directors, may merge with any subsidiary corporation, of which it owns at least 90% of each class of capital stock without a vote by shareholders of such subsidiary. Upon any such merger, dissenting shareholders of the subsidiary would have appraisal rights unless the subsidiary is wholly owned. | Two or more Cayman-registered companies may merge or consolidate. Cayman-registered companies may also merge or consolidate with foreign companies provided that the laws of the foreign jurisdiction permit such merger or consolidation.
Under the Companies Act, a plan of merger or consolidation shall be authorized by each constituent company by way of (i) a special resolution of the members of each such constituent company; and (ii) such other authorization, if any, as may be specified in such constituent company’s memorandum and articles of association. |
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A merger between a Cayman parent company and its Cayman subsidiary or subsidiaries does not require authorization by a resolution of shareholders of that Cayman subsidiary if a copy of the plan of merger is given to every member of that Cayman subsidiary to be merged unless that member agrees otherwise. For this purpose, a subsidiary is a company of which at least ninety percent (90%) of the votes are owned by the parent company.
The consent of each holder of a fixed or floating security interest over a constituent company is required unless this requirement is waived by a court in the Cayman Islands.
Save in certain circumstances, a dissentient shareholder of a Cayman constituent company is entitled to payment of the fair value of his shares upon dissenting to a merger or consolidation. The exercise of appraisal rights will preclude the exercise of any other rights save for the right to seek relief on the grounds that the merger or consolidation is void or unlawful.
In addition, there are statutory provisions that facilitate the reconstruction and amalgamation of companies, provided that the arrangement is approved by seventy-five percent (75%) in value of the shareholders or class of shareholders or creditors, as the case may be, that are present and voting either in person or by proxy at a meeting, or meetings, convened for that purpose. The convening of the meetings and subsequently the arrangement must be sanctioned by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. While a dissenting shareholder has the right to express to the court the view that the transaction ought not to be approved, the court can be expected to approve the arrangement if it determines that: |
● | the statutory provisions as to the required majority vote have been met; | |
● | the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question; |
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● | the arrangement is such that may be reasonably approved by an intelligent and honest man of that class acting in respect of his interest; and | |
● | the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Act or that would amount to a “fraud on the minority”. |
When a takeover offer is made and accepted by holders of not less than 90.0% of the shares affected within four (4) months, the offeror
may, within a two (2) month period commencing on the expiration of such four (4) month period, require the holders of the remaining shares
to transfer such shares on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, but this is unlikely
to succeed in the case of an offer which has been so approved unless there is evidence of fraud, bad faith or collusion.
If an arrangement and reconstruction is thus approved, the dissenting shareholder would have no rights comparable to appraisal rights, which would otherwise ordinarily be available to dissenting shareholders of Delaware corporations, providing rights to receive payment in cash for the judicially determined value of the shares. |
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Shareholder Suits | Class actions and derivative actions generally are available to shareholders under Delaware law for, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste and actions not taken in accordance with applicable law. In such actions, the court generally has discretion to permit the winning party to recover attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with such action but such discretion is rarely used. Generally, Delaware follows the American rule under which each party bears its own costs. |
In principle, we will normally be the proper plaintiff and as a general rule a derivative action may not be brought by a minority shareholder. However, based on English authorities, which would in all likelihood be of persuasive authority in the Cayman Islands, there are exceptions to the foregoing principle, including when: |
● | a company acts or proposes to act illegally or ultra vires; | |
● | the act complained of, although not ultra vires, could only be effected duly if authorized by more than a simple majority vote that has not been obtained; and | |
● | those who control the company are perpetrating a “fraud on the minority. |
Inspection of Corporate Records | Under Delaware law, shareholders of a corporation, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during normal business hours to inspect for any proper purpose, and to make copies and extracts of list(s) of shareholders and other books and records of the corporation and its subsidiaries, if any, to the extent the books and records of such subsidiaries are available to the corporation. | Shareholders of a Cayman Islands exempted company have no general right under Cayman Islands law to inspect or obtain copies of a list of shareholders or other corporate records (other than copies of our memorandum and articles, the register of mortgages or charges, and any special resolutions passed by our shareholders) of the company. However, these rights may be provided in the company’s memorandum and articles of association. | ||
Shareholder Proposals | Under Delaware 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 corporation’s governing documents. A special meeting may be called by the board of directors or any other person authorized to do so in the corporation’s governing documents, but shareholders may be precluded from calling special meetings. | The Companies Act does not provide shareholders any right to bring business before a meeting or requisition a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in the company’s memorandum and articles of association. |
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Approval of Corporate Matters by Written Consent | Delaware law permits shareholders to take action by written consent signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting of shareholders unless otherwise provided in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation. A corporation must send prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action approved by shareholders without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent to those shareholders who have not consented in writing and who would have otherwise been entitled to notice of the meeting at which such action would have been taken. | The Companies Act allows a special resolution to be passed in writing if signed by all the voting shareholders (if authorized by the memorandum and articles of association). | ||
Calling of Special Shareholders Meetings | Delaware law permits the board of directors or any person who is authorized under a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws to call a special meeting of shareholders. | The Companies Act does not have provisions governing the proceedings of shareholders meetings which are usually provided in the memorandum and articles of association. |
Anti-money Laundering — Cayman Islands
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 and source of funds. Where permitted, and subject to certain conditions, we may also 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 some cases, the directors may be satisfied that no further information is required since an exemption applies under the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, as amended and revised from time to time (the “Regulations”). Depending on the circumstances of each application, a detailed verification of identity might not be required where:
● | the subscriber makes the payment for their investment from an account held in the subscriber’s name at a recognized financial institution; or | |
● | the subscriber is regulated by a recognized regulatory authority and is based or incorporated in, or formed under the law of, a recognized jurisdiction; or |
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● | the application is made through an intermediary which is regulated by a recognized regulatory authority and is based in or incorporated in, or formed under the law of a recognized jurisdiction and an assurance is provided in relation to the procedures undertaken on the underlying investors. |
For the purposes of these exceptions, recognition of a financial institution, regulatory authority, or jurisdiction will be determined in accordance with the Regulations by reference to those jurisdictions recognized by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority as having equivalent anti-money laundering regulations.
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.
We also reserve the right to refuse to make any redemption payment to a shareholder if our directors or officers suspect or are advised that the payment of redemption proceeds to such shareholder might result in a breach of applicable anti-money laundering or other laws or regulations by any person in any relevant jurisdiction, or if such refusal is considered necessary or appropriate to ensure our compliance with any such laws or regulations in any applicable jurisdiction.
If any person resident in the Cayman Islands knows or suspects or has reason for knowing or suspecting that another person is engaged in criminal conduct or is involved with terrorism or terrorist property and the information for that knowledge or suspicion came to their attention in the course of their business in the regulated sector, or other trade, profession, business or employment, the person will be required to report such knowledge or suspicion to (i) a nominated officer (appointed in accordance with the Proceeds of Crime Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands) or the Financial Reporting Authority of the Cayman Islands, pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act (Revised), if the disclosure relates to criminal conduct or money laundering or (ii) to a police constable or a nominated officer (pursuant to the Terrorism Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands) or the Financial Reporting Authority, pursuant to the Terrorism Act (Revised), if the disclosure relates to involvement with terrorism or terrorist financing and terrorist property. 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.
Data Protection in the Cayman Islands — Privacy Notice
This privacy notice explains the manner in which we collect, process, and maintain personal data about our investors pursuant to the Data Protection Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, as amended from time to time and any regulations, codes of practice, or orders promulgated pursuant thereto (the “DPA”).
We are committed to processing personal data in accordance with the DPA. In our use of personal data, we will be characterized under the DPA as a “data controller,” whilst certain of our service providers, affiliates, and delegates may act as “data processors” under the DPA. These service providers may process personal information for their own lawful purposes in connection with services provided to us.
By virtue of your investment in our Company, we and certain of our service providers may collect, record, store, transfer, and otherwise process personal data by which individuals may be directly or indirectly identified.
Your personal data will be processed fairly and for lawful purposes, including (a) where the processing is necessary for us to perform a contract to which you are a party or for taking pre-contractual steps at your request, (b) where the processing is necessary for compliance with any legal, tax, or regulatory obligation to which we are subject, or (c) where the processing is for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by us or by a service provider to whom the data are disclosed. As a data controller, we will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will contact you.
We anticipate that we will share your personal data with our service providers for the purposes set out in this privacy notice. We may also share relevant personal data where it is lawful to do so and necessary to comply with our contractual obligations or your instructions or where it is necessary or desirable to do so in connection with any regulatory reporting obligations. In exceptional circumstances, we will share your personal data with regulatory, prosecuting, and other governmental agencies or departments, and parties to litigation (whether pending or threatened), in any country or territory including to any other person where we have a public or legal duty to do so (e.g., to assist with detecting and preventing fraud, tax evasion, and financial crime or compliance with a court order).
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Your personal data shall not be held by our Company for longer than necessary with regard to the purposes of the data processing.
We will not sell your personal data. Any transfer of personal data outside of the Cayman Islands shall be in accordance with the requirements of the DPA. Where necessary, we will ensure that separate and appropriate legal agreements are put in place with the recipient of that data.
We will only transfer personal data in accordance with the requirements of the DPA, and will apply appropriate technical and organizational information security measures designed to protect against unauthorized or unlawful processing of the personal data and against the accidental loss, destruction, or damage to the personal data.
If you are a natural person, this will affect you directly. If you are a corporate investor (including, for these purposes, legal arrangements such as trusts or exempted limited partnerships) that provides us with personal data on individuals connected to you for any reason in relation to your investment into our Company, this will be relevant for those individuals and you should inform such individuals of the content.
You have certain rights under the DPA, including (a) the right to be informed as to how we collect and use your personal data (and this privacy notice fulfils our obligation in this respect), (b) the right to obtain a copy of your personal data, (c) the right to require us to stop direct marketing, (d) the right to have inaccurate or incomplete personal data corrected, (e) the right to withdraw your consent and require us to stop processing or restrict the processing, or not begin the processing of your personal data, (f) the right to be notified of a data breach (unless the breach is unlikely to be prejudicial), (g) the right to obtain information as to any countries or territories outside the Cayman Islands to which we, whether directly or indirectly, transfer, intend to transfer, or wish to transfer your personal data, general measures we take to ensure the security of personal data, and any information available to us as to the source of your personal data, (h) the right to complain to the Office of the Ombudsman of the Cayman Islands, and (i) the right to require us to delete your personal data in some limited circumstances.
If you consider that your personal data has not been handled correctly, or you are not satisfied with our responses to any requests you have made regarding the use of your personal data, you have the right to complain to the Cayman Islands’ Ombudsman. The Ombudsman can be contacted by calling +1 (345) 946-6283 or by email at info@ombudsman.ky.
Legislation of the Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands, together with several other non-European Union jurisdictions, have recently introduced legislation aimed at addressing concerns raised by the Council of the European Union as to offshore structures engaged in certain activities which attract profits without real economic activity. With effect from January 1, 2019, the International Tax Co-operation (Economic Substance) Act (Revised) (the “Substance Act”) came into force in the Cayman Islands introducing certain economic substance requirements for in-scope Cayman Islands entities which are engaged in certain “relevant activities,” which in the case of exempted companies incorporated before January 1, 2019, applies in respect of financial years commencing July 1, 2019, onwards. However, it is anticipated that our Company may remain out of scope of the legislation or else be subject to more limited substance requirements.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
Our registrar and transfer agent for the common shares is Odyssey Trust Company, 1230 – 300 5th Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3C4, Canada, telephone: 1-587-885-0960.
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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
Before the initial public offering, there was no public market for shares of our Ordinary Shares. Future sales of substantial amounts of shares of our Ordinary Shares, including shares issued upon the conversion of convertible notes, the exercise of outstanding options and warrants, in the public market after the initial public offering, or the possibility of these sales occurring, could cause the prevailing market price for our Ordinary Shares to fall or impair our ability to raise equity capital in the future.
Immediately following the closing of the initial public offering, we will have 12,750,000 Ordinary Shares outstanding, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares. All of the Ordinary Shares sold in this Offering will be freely transferable by persons other than by our “affiliates” without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act unless purchased by one of our affiliates as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, which generally includes directors, officers or 10% stockholders.
Previously issued Ordinary Shares that were not offered and sold in the initial public offering, are or will be upon issuance, “restricted securities,” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. These restricted securities are eligible for public sale only if such public resale is registered under the Securities Act or if the resale qualifies for an exemption from registration under Rule 144 or Rule 701 under the Securities Act, which are summarized below.
Lock-Up Agreements
We, our directors, officers, and all existing shareholders who own 5% or more of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares as of the Effective Date of the Registration Statement will enter into customary lock-up agreements with the underwriters of the initial public offering for a period of six (6) months from the date of the Offering.
Each of the Company and any successors of the Company agree not to offer, sell, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares of the Company or file or cause to be filed any registration statement with the SEC relating to the offering of any Ordinary Shares of the Company or any securities convertible or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares of the Company for a period of up to three (3) months from the closing of the Offering.
Rule 144
All of our Ordinary Shares outstanding prior to this Offering are “restricted securities” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act and may be sold publicly in the United States only if they are subject to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirement such as those provided by Rule 144 and Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act.
In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, beginning 90 days after the date of this prospectus, a person who is not deemed to have been our affiliate at any time during the three months preceding a sale and who has beneficially owned restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 for more than six months would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of those shares, subject only to the availability of current public information about us. A non-affiliate who has beneficially owned restricted securities for at least one year from the later of the date these shares were acquired from us or from our affiliate would be entitled to freely sell those shares.
A person who is deemed to be an affiliate of ours and who has beneficially owned “restricted securities” for at least six months would be entitled to sell, within any three-month period, a number of shares that is not more than the greater of:
● | 1% of the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding, in the form of Ordinary Shares or otherwise, which will equal approximately shares immediately after this Offering; or |
● | the average weekly trading volume of the Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to such sale. |
Sales under Rule 144 by our affiliates or persons selling shares on behalf of our affiliates are also subject to certain manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us. In addition, in each case, these shares would remain subject to lock-up arrangements and would only become eligible for sale when the lock-up period expires.
Rule 701
In general, under Rule 701 of the Securities Act as currently in effect, each of our employees, consultants, or advisors who purchases our Ordinary Shares from us in connection with a compensatory stock plan or other written agreement executed prior to the completion of this offering is eligible to resell those Ordinary Shares in reliance on Rule 144, but without compliance with some of the restrictions, including the holding period, contained in Rule 144. However, the Rule 701 shares would remain subject to lock-up arrangements and would only become eligible for sale when the lock-up period expires.
Regulation S
Regulation S provides generally that sales made in offshore transactions are not subject to the registration or prospectus-delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
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TAXATION
Material Tax Consequences Applicable to U.S. Holders of Our Ordinary Shares
The following sets forth the material U.S. federal income tax consequences related to an investment in our Ordinary Shares. It is directed to U.S. Holders (as defined below) of our Ordinary Shares and is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change. This description does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to an investment in our Ordinary Shares or U.S. tax laws, other than the U.S. federal income tax laws, such as the tax consequences under non U.S. tax laws, state, local and other tax laws. Unless otherwise noted in the following discussion, this section is the opinion of Polaris Tax Counsel, our U.S. Tax counsel, insofar as it relates to legal conclusions with respect to matters of U.S. federal income tax law, and of David Fong & Co., our Hong Kong counsel, insofar as it relates to legal conclusions with respect to matters of Hong Kong Taxation below.
Hong Kong Taxation
The following brief description of Hong Kong laws is designed to highlight the enterprise-level taxation on our earnings, which will affect the amount of dividends, if any, we are ultimately able to pay to our shareholders. Please refer to the section titled “Dividend Policy.”
Profits Tax
No tax is imposed in Hong Kong in respect of capital gains from the sale of property, such as our Ordinary Shares. Generally, gains arising from disposal of the Ordinary Shares which are held more than two years are considered capital in nature. However, trading gains from the sale of property by persons carrying on a trade, profession or business in Hong Kong where such gains are derived from or arise in Hong Kong from such trade, profession or business will be chargeable to Hong Kong profit tax. Liability for Hong Kong profits tax would therefore arise in respect of trading gains from the sale of Ordinary Shares realized by persons in the course of carrying on a business of trading or dealing in securities in Hong Kong where the purchase or sale contracts are effected (being negotiated, concluded and/or executed) in Hong Kong. Effective from April 1, 2018, profits tax is levied on a two-tiered profits tax rate basis, with the first HK$2 million of profits being taxed at 8.25% for corporations and 7.5% for unincorporated businesses, and profits exceeding the first HK$2 million being taxed at 16.5% for corporations and 15% for unincorporated businesses.
In addition, Hong Kong does not impose withholding tax on gains derived from the sale of stock in Hong Kong companies and does not impose withholding tax on dividends paid outside of Hong Kong by Hong Kong companies. Accordingly, investors will not be subject to Hong Kong withholding tax with respect to a disposition of their Ordinary Shares or with respect to the receipt of dividends on their Ordinary Shares, if any. No income tax treaty relevant to the acquiring, withholding or dealing in the Ordinary Shares exists between Hong Kong and the United States.
Stamp duty
Hong Kong stamp duty is generally payable on the transfer of “Hong Kong stocks”. The term “stocks” refers to shares in companies incorporated in Hong Kong, as widely defined under the Stamp Duty Ordinance (Cap. 117 of the laws of Hong Kong), or SDO, and includes shares. However, our Ordinary Shares are not considered “Hong Kong stocks” under the SDO since the transfer of the Ordinary Shares are not required to be registered in Hong Kong given that the books for the transfer of Ordinary Shares are located in the United States. The transfer of Ordinary Shares is therefore not subject to stamp duty in Hong Kong. If Hong Kong stamp duty applies, both the purchaser and the seller are liable for the stamp duty charged on each of the sold note and bought note at the ad valorem rate of 0.1% on the higher of the consideration stated on the contract notes or the fair market value of the shares transferred. In addition, a fixed duty, currently of HK$5.00, is payable on an instrument of transfer.
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Cayman Islands Taxation
The Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains or appreciation and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. There are no other taxes likely to be material to the Company levied by the Government of the Cayman Islands except for stamp duties which may be applicable on instruments executed in, or, after execution, brought within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands is a party to a double tax treaty entered with the United Kingdom in 2010 but is otherwise not party to any double tax treaties that are applicable to any payments made to or by our company. There are no exchange control regulations or currency restrictions in the Cayman Islands.
Payments of dividends and capital in respect of our ordinary shares will not be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands and no withholding will be required on the payment of a dividend or capital to any holder of our ordinary shares, as the case may be, nor will gains derived from the disposal of our ordinary shares be subject to Cayman Islands income or corporation tax.
The Cayman Islands enacted the International Tax Co-operation (Economic Substance) Act (2021 Revision) together with the Guidance Notes published by the Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority from time to time. The Company is required to comply with the economic substance requirements from July 1, 2019 and make an annual report in the Cayman Islands as to whether or not it is carrying on any relevant activities and if it is, it must satisfy an economic substance test.
United States Federal Income Taxation
WE URGE POTENTIAL PURCHASERS OF OUR ORDINARY SHARES TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS CONCERNING THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND NON-U.S. TAX CONSEQUENCES OF PURCHASING, OWNING AND DISPOSING OF OUR ORDINARY SHARES. THIS DISCUSSION DOES NOT ADDRESS ALL ASPECTS OF UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION THAT MAY BE RELEVANT TO PARTICULAR INVESTORS IN LIGHT OF THEIR SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING INVESTORS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL TAX RULES.
The following does not address the tax consequences to any particular investor or to persons in special tax situations such as:
● | banks; | |
● | financial institutions; | |
● | insurance companies; | |
● | regulated investment companies; | |
● | real estate investment trusts; | |
● | broker-dealers; | |
● | traders that elect to mark-to-market; | |
● | U.S. expatriates; | |
● | tax-exempt entities; | |
● | persons liable for alternative minimum tax; | |
● | persons holding our Ordinary Shares as part of a straddle, hedging, conversion or integrated transaction; | |
● | persons that actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power or value of our shares (including by reason of owning our Ordinary Shares); | |
● | persons who acquired our Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of any employee share option or otherwise as compensation; or | |
● | persons holding our Ordinary Shares through partnerships or other pass-through entities. |
The discussion set forth below is addressed only to U.S. Holders that purchase Ordinary Shares in this Offering. Prospective purchasers are urged to consult their own tax advisors about the application of the U.S. federal income tax rules to their particular circumstances as well as the state, local, foreign and other tax consequences to them of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares.
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Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences Applicable to U.S. Holders of Our Ordinary Shares
The following sets forth the material U.S. federal income tax consequences related to the ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares. It is directed to U.S. Holders (as defined below) of our Ordinary Shares and is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change. This description does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares or U.S. tax laws, other than the U.S. federal income tax laws, such as the tax consequences under the U.S. federal gift or estate tax, non-U.S. tax laws, state, local and other tax laws.
The following brief description applies only to U.S. Holders (defined below) that hold Ordinary Shares as “capital assets” (generally, property held for investment) under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and that have the U.S. dollar as their functional currency. This brief description is based on the federal income tax laws of the United States in effect as of the date of this prospectus and on U.S. Treasury regulations in effect or, in some cases, proposed, as of the date of this prospectus, as well as judicial and administrative interpretations thereof available on or before such date. All of the foregoing authorities are subject to change, which change could apply retroactively and could affect the tax consequences described below.
For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of Ordinary Shares that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
● | an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States; | |
● | a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; | |
● | an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or | |
● | a trust that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and the control of one or more U.S. persons for all substantial decisions or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. |
Taxation of Dividends and Other Distributions on our Ordinary Shares
Subject to the passive foreign investment company 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). Non-corporate U.S. Holders will also be subject to the 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax if their income exceeds the threshold amounts for such tax. A dividend distribution that exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits is treated as a tax-free return of your tax basis in your Ordinary Shares, and to the extent that it exceeds your tax basis, as capital gain, but only if we determine our accumulated earnings and profits under U.S. federal income tax principles. 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. The Net Investment Income Tax also applies to capital gains.
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 not qualify to be taxed at the lower capital gains rate applicable to qualified dividend income unless (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 Cayman 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 but not if they only trade on over the counter markets or electronic pink sheets. 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.
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Dividends will constitute foreign source income for foreign tax credit limitation purposes. 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.” A U.S. Holder who does not elect to claim a foreign tax credit for foreign tax withheld may instead claim a deduction, for United States federal income tax purposes, in respect of such withholdings, but only for a year in which such U.S. Holder elects to do so for all creditable foreign income taxes. The rules governing the foreign tax credit are complex. U.S. Holders are advised to consult their tax advisors regarding the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.
Dividends paid in non-U.S. currency will be included in the gross income of a U.S. Holder in a U.S. dollar amount calculated by reference to a spot market exchange rate in effect on the date that the dividends are received by the U.S. Holder, regardless of whether such foreign currency is in fact converted into U.S. dollars on such date. Such U.S. Holder will have a tax basis for United States federal income tax purposes in the foreign currency received equal to that U.S. dollar value. If such dividends are converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, a U.S. Holder generally should not be required to recognize foreign currency gain or loss in respect thereof. If the foreign currency so received is not converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, such U.S. Holder will have a basis in the foreign currency equal to its U.S. dollar value on the date of receipt. Any gain or loss on a subsequent conversion or other disposition of the foreign currency generally will be treated as ordinary income or loss to such U.S. Holder and generally will be income or loss from sources within the United States for foreign tax credit limitation purposes. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the treatment of foreign currency gain or loss, if any, on any foreign currency received by a U.S. Holder that are converted into U.S. dollars on a date subsequent to receipt.
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.
Passive Foreign Investment Company
Our status as a Passive Foreign Investment Company
A non-U.S. corporation is considered a passive foreign investment company or “PFIC” for any taxable year if either:
● | at least 75% of its gross income for such taxable year is passive income (the “passive income test”); or | |
● | at least 50% of the value of its assets (based on an average of the quarterly values of the assets during a taxable year) is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income (the “asset test”) |
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.
In determining whether we are a PFIC, we are permitted, under Code Section 1297(c), to take into account, on a pro rata basis, the income and the assets of any entity of which we own (or are treated under the Code as owning) at least 25% of the stock by value (a so-called “look-through subsidiary”). Because we own 100% of the stock of our Operating Subsidiaries, in determining our PFIC status we will take into account their income and assets (other than certain assets, or the income therefrom, that are subject to intercompany transfers), as well as the income and assets of any other look-through subsidiary.
Taking into account the income and assets of our Operating Subsidiaries, our status as a PFIC will depend on the nature of our income and the income of our Operating Subsidiaries (as well as the income and assets of any other look-through subsidiary). Based on our current operations, we expect our Operating Subsidiaries to have considerable amounts of income from operations in 2023 and so we do not expect that any passive income generated by us and by our Operating Subsidiaries (and any other look-through subsidiary) will amount to 75% of the total income from all the entities in 2023. As discussed below, PFIC status is determined on an annual basis and our status as a PFIC under the passive income test may change from year to year.
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In determining whether we are a PFIC under the assets test, a number of different kinds of assets must be taken into account. Our Operating Subsidiaries have considerable assets used in its operations which would be counted as active assets. However, in this offering we expect to raise for our Company considerable cash. The IRS has stated that cash, even if held as working capital, produces passive income and is therefore a passive asset. Our status as a PFIC under the assets test will therefore depend in part on how quickly we spend the cash that we raise. Our status as a PFIC could also depend on the value of our stock as determined by the market (which may be volatile). PFIC status based on assets is calculated annually and is based on the average quarterly value of our assets. Accordingly, our status as a PFIC based on the assets test could change from year to year.
Based on the foregoing, it is not possible to determine whether we will be characterized as a PFIC for the 2023 taxable year or any subsequent year until after the close of the relevant year. We must make a separate determination each year as to whether we are a PFIC (under either the asset test or the passive income test), and there can be no assurance with respect to our status as a PFIC for 2023 or any future taxable year. We or a related entity express no opinion as to the Company’s or a related entity’s status as a PFIC for the current or any future or prior year. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the PFIC issue and its applicability to their particular tax situation. No opinion of legal counsel or ruling from the IRS concerning our status as a PFIC has been obtained or is currently planned to be requested.
If we are a PFIC for any year during which you hold our Ordinary Shares, we will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to you for all succeeding years during which you hold our Ordinary Shares, even if in a succeeding taxable year we are no longer classified as a PFIC. However, if we cease to be a PFIC, you may avoid the adverse effects of the PFIC regime thereafter by making a “purging election” (as described below) with respect to the Ordinary Shares. A discussion of other ways in which you may be able to mitigate some of the adverse effects of PFIC status are also discussed below.
Consequences to you of PFIC status
If we are a PFIC for a taxable year during which you hold Ordinary Shares, you will be subject to special tax rules with respect to any “excess distribution” that you receive, and with respect to any gain that you realize from a sale or other disposition (including a pledge) of the Ordinary Shares, in that year and subsequent years, unless you make a “mark-to-market” election as discussed below. You will be subject to these rules for the first year in which we are a PFIC and for all subsequent years unless (i) we cease to be classified as a PFIC and (ii) you make a “purging election”, as discussed below.
“Excess distributions” are distributions you receive from us in a taxable year that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions you received from us during (i) the three preceding taxable years or (ii) your holding period for the Ordinary Shares, whichever is shorter. Under the special tax rules that apply to excess distributions, and to gains realized from a disposition of our Ordinary Shares,
● | the excess distribution or gain will be allocated ratably (on a daily basis) over your holding period for the Ordinary Shares; | |
● | the amount allocated to your current taxable year, and any amount allocated to any tax year(s) in your holding period prior to the first taxable year in which we were a PFIC, will be treated as ordinary income arising in the current taxable year; and | |
● | the amount allocated to each of your other taxable year(s) – i.e., prior years during which we were a PFIC – will be subject to the highest tax rate in effect for that year; moreover, interest charges generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the resulting tax attributable to each such year. |
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The tax liability for amounts allocated to years prior to the year of excess distribution or disposition 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.
“Mark-to-market” election. To elect out of the excess distribution tax treatment discussed above, a U.S. Holder of “marketable stock” (as defined below) in a PFIC may make a mark-to-market election for such stock. The mark-to-market election is available only for “marketable stock”, which is stock that is traded, other than in de minimis quantities, on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter (“regularly traded”) on a qualified exchange or other market. A “qualified exchange or other market” is defined in applicable U.S. Treasury regulations as a national securities exchange registered with the SEC or a national market system established pursuant to section 11A of the Exchange Act, or a foreign securities exchange or market that the IRS determines is a qualified exchange that has rules sufficient to ensure that the market price represents a legitimate and sound fair market value. The Nasdaq Capital Market is a qualified exchange or other market, but we are uncertain as to whether our Ordinary Shares will be “regularly traded.” If our Ordinary Shares do not trade regularly on the Nasdaq Capital Market, the mark-to-market election would not be available to you were we to be or become a PFIC.
If the mark-to-market election is available and you make a mark-to-market election for the 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. Such excess will be treated as ordinary income and not capital gain. Under the mark-to-market rules 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. Your basis in the Ordinary Shares will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts.
In you sell or otherwise dispose of any Ordinary Shares that are subject to a mark-to-market election, any gain on the sale or other disposition is treated as ordinary income. Any loss incurred on such sale or disposition is treated as an ordinary loss, but only to the extent that the amount of such loss does not exceed the net mark-to-market gains previously included for such Ordinary Shares.
If you make a valid mark-to-market election and if we subsequently make dividend distributions, the tax rules that apply to distributions by corporations which are not PFICs would apply to such distributions, 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.
“Purging election.” 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, described above, that apply to excess distributions. As long as we are not thereafter a PFIC, dividends distributed by us (or gains from the sale of our Ordinary Shares) following a purging election will no longer be subject to the rules (described above) that apply to excess distributions. 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 a new holding period (which new holding period will begin the day after such last day) in your Ordinary Shares for tax purposes.
Qualified electing fund election. In some cases a U.S. Holder of stock in a PFIC may make a “qualified electing fund” election with respect to such PFIC to elect out of the tax treatment discussed above. A U.S. Holder who makes a valid qualified electing fund election with respect to a PFIC generally includes 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 the PFIC provides the 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.
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THE PFIC RULES ARE COMPLEX. THE DISCUSSION ABOVE IS A GENERAL SUMMARY. IT DOES NOT COVER ALL TAX MATTERS THAT MAY BE OF IMPORTANCE TO A PARTICULAR INVESTOR. EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IN THE ORDINARY SHARES IS URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISER ABOUT THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF OWNING AND DISPOSING OF THE SHARES IN LIGHT OF SUCH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR’S OWN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Reporting requirements.
If you hold Ordinary Shares in any taxable year in which we are a PFIC, you will in all likelihood be required to file U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 8621 for each such year and provide certain annual information regarding such Ordinary Shares, including information on distributions received on the Ordinary Shares and any gain realized on the disposition of the Ordinary Shares. You should consult your tax advisor about Form 8621 filing requirements.
The PFIC rules are complex and uncertain. You are urged to consult your tax advisor regarding the application of the PFIC rules to your investment in our Ordinary Shares and the elections discussed above, including your ability to make a “protective election” if you are uncertain about our PFIC status, and the PFIC filing requirements.
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. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding their reporting obligations with respect to the Ordinary Shares.
Additional reporting requirements that apply if we are classified as a PFIC are discussed above under “Passive Foreign Investment Company – Reporting Requirements”.
Non-U.S. Holders
A non-U.S. Holder is a beneficial owner (other than a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of the Ordinary Shares that is not a U.S. Holder.
Subject to the U.S. backup withholding rules described below, non-U.S. Holders of the Ordinary Shares generally will not be subject to U.S. withholding tax on distributions with respect to, or gain on sale or disposition of, the Ordinary Shares.
Non-U.S. Holders who are engaged in a trade or business in the United States who receive payments with respect to the Ordinary Shares that are effectively connected with such trade or business should consult their own tax advisers with respect to the U.S. tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the Ordinary Shares. Individuals who are present in the United States for 183 days or more in any taxable year should also consult their own tax advisers as to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the Ordinary Shares.
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 at a current rate of 24%. Backup withholding will not apply, however, to a U.S. Holder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number and makes any other required certification on U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or who is otherwise exempt from backup withholding. U.S. Holders who are required to establish their exempt status generally must provide such certification on U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of the U.S. information reporting and backup withholding rules. A non-U.S. Holder may qualify as an exempt recipient by submitting a properly completed IRS Form W-8.
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.
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Selling Shareholder
The following table sets forth the names of the Selling Shareholder, the number of Ordinary Shares owned by such Selling Shareholder immediately prior to the date of this Resale Prospectus and the number of Shares to be offered by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Resale Prospectus. The table also provides information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholder as adjusted to reflect the assumed sale of all of the Shares offered under this Resale Prospectus.
Percentages of beneficial ownership before the Resale Offering are based on 11,250,000 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of the date of this Resale Prospectus. Beneficial ownership is based on information furnished by the Selling Shareholder. Unless otherwise indicated and subject to community property laws where applicable, the Selling Shareholder named in the following table has, to our knowledge, sole voting and investment power with respect to the Shares beneficially owned by him, her or it.
The Selling Shareholder is not a broker dealer or an affiliate of a broker dealer. The Selling Shareholder has no agreement or understanding to distribute any of the Ordinary Shares being registered. The Selling Shareholder may offer for sale from time to time any or all of the Shares, subject to the agreements described in the “Selling Shareholder Plan of Distribution.” The table below assumes that the Selling Shareholder will sell all of the Shares offered for sale hereby:
Name of Selling Shareholder | Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to the Resale Offering(1) | Maximum Number of Ordinary Shares to be Sold | Number of Ordinary Shares Owned after the Resale Offering | Percentage Ordinary Shares Ownership After the Resale Offering (%) | ||||||||||||
Mr. Chi Ming Lam(2) | 11,250,000 | 500,000 | 10,750,000 | 84.31 | % |
(1) | Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. In computing the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, securities that are currently convertible or exercisable into Ordinary Shares, or convertible or exercisable into our Ordinary Shares within 60 days of the date hereof are deemed outstanding. Such Ordinary Shares, however, are not deemed outstanding for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Except as indicated in the footnotes to the above table, the Selling Shareholder named in the table has sole voting and investment power with respect to the Ordinary Shares set forth opposite such shareholder’s name. |
(2) | The address of Mr. Chi Ming Lam is 8/F, Cheong Tai Industrial Building, 16 Tai Yau Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
SELLING SHAREHOLDER PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
There is currently no public market established for our Ordinary Shares. Once, and if, our Ordinary Shares are listed on Nasdaq and there is an established market for the resale shares, the Selling Shareholder may sell his Shares from time to time at the market price prevailing on Nasdaq at the time of offer and sale, or at prices related to such prevailing market prices or in negotiated transactions or a combination of such methods of sale directly or through brokers.
The Selling Shareholder may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of Shares:
● | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; | |
● | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the Shares as agent but may position; and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; | |
● | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resales by the broker-dealer for its account; | |
● | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; | |
● | privately negotiated transactions; | |
● | to cover short sales made after the date that the registration statement of which this Resale Prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC; | |
● | broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Shareholder to sell a specified number of such Shares at a stipulated price per share; | |
● | a combination of any of these methods of sale; and | |
● | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The Shares may also be sold under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if available for the Selling Shareholder, rather than under this Resale Prospectus. The Selling Shareholder has the sole and absolute discretion not to accept any purchase offer or make any sale of Shares if they deem the purchase price to be unsatisfactory at any particular time.
The Selling Shareholder may pledge his Shares to their broker under the margin provisions of customer agreements. If the Selling Shareholder defaults on a margin loan, the broker may, from time to time, offer and sell the pledged Shares.
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Shareholder may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Shareholder (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of Shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, which commissions as to a particular broker or dealer may be in excess of customary commissions to the extent permitted by applicable law.
If sales of Shares offered under this Resale Prospectus are made to broker-dealers as principals, we would be required to file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this Resale Prospectus is a part. In the post-effective amendment, we would be required to disclose the names of any participating broker-dealers and the compensation arrangements relating to such sales.
The Selling Shareholder and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the Shares offered under this Resale Prospectus may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with these sales. Commissions received by these broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the Shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting discount under the Securities Act. Any broker-dealers or agents that are deemed to be underwriters may not sell Shares offered under this Resale Prospectus unless and until we set forth the names of the underwriters and the material details of their underwriting arrangements in a supplement to this Resale Prospectus or, if required, in a replacement resale prospectus included in a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this Resale Prospectus is a part.
The Selling Shareholder and any other persons participating in the sale or distribution of the Shares offered under this Resale Prospectus will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations under that act, including Regulation M. These provisions may restrict activities of, and limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the Shares by, the Selling Shareholder or any other person. Furthermore, under Regulation M, persons engaged in a distribution of securities are prohibited from simultaneously engaging in market making and other activities with respect to those securities for a specified period of time prior to the commencement of such distributions, subject to specified exceptions or exemptions. All of these limitations may affect the marketability of the Shares.
Rule 2710 requires members firms to satisfy the filing requirements of Rule 2710 in connection with the resale, on behalf of the Selling Shareholder, of the securities on a principal or agency basis. NASD Notice to Members 88-101 states that in the event any Selling Shareholder intends to sell any of the Shares registered for resale in this Resale Prospectus through a member of FINRA participating in a distribution of our securities, such member is responsible for insuring that a timely filing, if required, is first made with the Corporate Finance Department of FINRA and disclosing to FINRA the following:
● | it intends to take possession of the registered securities or to facilitate the transfer of such certificates; | |
● | the complete details of how the Selling Shareholder’s Shares are and will be held, including location of the particular accounts; | |
● | whether the member firm or any direct or indirect affiliates thereof have entered into, will facilitate or otherwise participate in any type of payment transaction with the Selling Shareholder, including details regarding any such transactions; and | |
● | in the event any of the securities offered by the Selling Shareholder are sold, transferred, assigned or hypothecated by any Selling Shareholder in a transaction that directly or indirectly involves a member firm of FINRA or any affiliates thereof, that prior to or at the time of said transaction the member firm will timely file all relevant documents with respect to such transaction(s) with the Corporate Finance Department of FINRA for review. |
No FINRA member firm may receive compensation in excess of that allowable under FINRA rules, including Rule 2710, in connection with the resale of the securities by the Selling Shareholder.
If any of the Ordinary Shares offered for sale pursuant to this Resale Prospectus are transferred other than pursuant to a sale under this Resale Prospectus, then subsequent holders could not use this Resale Prospectus until a post-effective amendment or prospectus supplement is filed, naming such holders. We offer no assurance as to whether the Selling Shareholder will sell all or any portion of the Shares offered under this Resale Prospectus.
We have agreed to pay all fees and expenses we incur incident to the registration of the Shares being offered under this Resale Prospectus. However, each Selling Shareholder and purchaser is responsible for paying any discount, and similar selling expenses they incur.
We and the Selling Shareholder have agreed to indemnify one another against certain losses, damages and liabilities arising in connection with this Resale Prospectus, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
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ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
We are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability in order to enjoy the following benefits, such as political and economic stability, an effective judicial system, a favorable tax system, the absence of exchange control or currency restrictions and the availability of professional and support services. However, certain disadvantages accompany incorporation in the Cayman Islands. These disadvantages include:
● | the Cayman Islands has a less exhaustive body of securities laws than the United States and these securities laws provide significantly less protection to investors; and | |
● | Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to sue before the federal courts of the United States. |
Our constitutional documents do not contain provisions requiring that disputes, including those arising under the securities laws of the United States, among us, our officers, directors and shareholders, be arbitrated.
We have appointed Cogency Global Inc. as our agent upon whom process may be served in any action brought against us under the securities laws of the United States.
We have been advised by Ogier, our Cayman Islands legal counsel that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands would:
● | recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts of the United States based on certain civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws; and |
● | entertain original actions brought in each respective jurisdiction 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 no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the U.S., however, the courts of the Cayman Islands will in certain circumstances recognize and enforce a foreign judgment without any re-examination or re-litigation of matters adjudicated upon, provided such judgment:
● | is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction; | |
● | imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given; | |
● | is final; | |
● | is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty; | |
● | was not obtained by fraud; and | |
● | is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands. |
Subject to the above limitations, in appropriate circumstances, a Cayman Islands court may give effect in the Cayman Islands to other kinds of final foreign judgments such as declaratory orders, orders for performance of contracts and injunctions.
David Fong & Co., our counsel as to Hong Kong law, have advised us that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.
Our Hong Kong counsel also advised us that in Hong Kong, foreign judgments can be enforced under statute under the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance or under common law. The Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance is a registration scheme for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments based on reciprocity but the United States is not a designated country under the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance. As a result, a judgment rendered by a court in the United States, including as a result of administrative actions brought by regulatory authorities, such as the SEC, and other actions, will not be enforced by the Hong Kong courts under the statutory regime. In addition, the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC and the Government of Hong Kong have entered into the “Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region pursuant to Choice of Court Agreements between Parties Concerned,” or the Arrangement. The Mainland Judgements (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance gave effect to the Arrangement and is a registration scheme for recognition and enforcement of PRC judgements based on reciprocity. Other than the Arrangement, Hong Kong has not entered into any multilateral convention or bilateral treaty regarding the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. Accordingly, any judgments rendered by a court in the United States will need to be enforced under common law. In order to enforce a foreign judgment under common law in Hong Kong, the judgment must meet certain criteria before it can be enforced, such as the judgment being final and conclusive.
Our director, Mr. Chi Ming LAM, and all our independent director nominees, Ms. Wai Chun CHIK, Mr. Dongjie LAO and Mr. Yuan YU, who shall serve in such position upon the closing of this Offering, are nationals or residents of Hong Kong and all or a substantial portion of their assets are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon these persons, or to enforce against 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. As discussed above, due to a lack of reciprocity and treaties, any judgments rendered by a court in the United States will need to be enforced under the common law and the judgment must meet certain criteria before it can be enforced in Hong Kong. Therefore legal proceedings by investors against these individuals can be both costly and time-consuming.
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LEGAL MATTERS
Nauth LPC is acting as counsel to our Company regarding U.S. securities law matters. Certain legal matters as to Cayman Islands law will be passed upon for us by Ogier. Polaris Tax Counsel is acting as counsel to our Company regarding U.S. tax matters. Certain legal matters as to Hong Kong law will be passed upon for us by David Fong & Co. Nauth LPC may rely upon David Fong & Co. with respect to matters governed by Hong Kong law. Legal matters as to PRC laws will be passed upon for us by China Commercial Law Firm.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements for the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, as set forth in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have been so included in reliance on the report of ZH CPA, LLC, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. The office of ZH CPA, LLC is located at 999 18th Street, Suite 3000, Denver, CO, 80202, United States.
The section in this prospectus entitled “Industry Background” is based in part upon, and summaries elsewhere in this prospectus attributed to Frost & Sullivan are based upon, information either compiled or produced by Frost & Sullivan and are included in reliance upon the authority of that firm as an expert, although Frost & Sullivan has not independently verified the material provided to it by the outside sources referenced in that section. This information has been included with the consent of Frost & Sullivan and Frost & Sullivan has authorized that portions of the prospectus be attributed to it. The office of Frost & Sullivan is located at 3006, Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place Central, Hong Kong.
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INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
No expert or counsel named in this prospectus as having prepared or certified any part of this prospectus or having given an opinion upon the validity of the securities being registered or upon other legal matters in connection with the registration or offering of the Ordinary Shares was employed on a contingency basis, or had, or is to receive, in connection with the offering, a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the registrant. Nor was any such person connected with the registrant as a promoter, managing or principal Underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer, or employee.
DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controlling us, we have been advised that it is the SEC’s opinion that such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-1 under the Securities Act with respect to the securities offered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which constitutes a part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement, some of which is contained in exhibits to the registration statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information with respect to us and these securities, we refer you to the registration statement, including the exhibits filed as a part of the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus concerning the contents of any contract or any other document are not necessarily complete. If a contract or document has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, please see the copy of the contract or document that has been filed. Each statement in this prospectus relating to a contract or document filed as an exhibit is qualified in all respects by the filed exhibit. The SEC maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, like us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is www.sec.gov.
As a result of the Offering, we will become subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and, in accordance with this law, will file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. These periodic reports, proxy statements and other information will be available for inspection and copying at the SEC’s public reference facilities and the website of the SEC referred to above. We also maintain a website at http://ms100.com.hk/. Upon completion of the Offering, you may access these materials free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Information contained on our website is not a part of this prospectus and the inclusion of our website address in this prospectus is an inactive textual reference only.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ ZH CPA, LLC | |
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2022. | |
Denver, Colorado | |
August 26, 2024 |
999 18th Street, Suite 3000, Denver, CO, 80202 USA Phone: 1.303.386.7224 Fax: 1.303.386.7101 Email: admin@zhcpa.us
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Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of March 31 | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
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Assets | ||||||||
Current assets | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | ||||||||
Accounts receivable, net | ||||||||
Contract assets | ||||||||
Due from a related party | ||||||||
Deposits, prepayments and other current assets | ||||||||
Total current assets | ||||||||
Non-current assets | ||||||||
Property and equipment, net | ||||||||
Right-of-use assets – finance lease | ||||||||
Life insurance policy, cash surrender value | ||||||||
Contract assets | ||||||||
Deferred costs | ||||||||
Deferred tax assets | ||||||||
Total non-current assets | ||||||||
Total assets | ||||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||||
Accounts payable | ||||||||
Bank borrowings | ||||||||
Finance lease liabilities | ||||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | ||||||||
Income tax payable | ||||||||
Total current liabilities | ||||||||
Non-current liabilities | ||||||||
Bank borrowings | ||||||||
Finance lease liabilities | ||||||||
Deferred tax liabilities | ||||||||
Total non-current liabilities | ||||||||
Total liabilities | ||||||||
Shareholders’ equity | ||||||||
Ordinary shares, shares authorized; USD par value, and shares issued and outstanding, as of March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively | ||||||||
Subscription receivable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Additional paid in capital | ||||||||
Retained earnings | ||||||||
Total shareholders’ equity | ||||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
For the years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||
Revenue | ||||||||||||
Cost of revenue | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Gross profit | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses | ||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Total operating expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Income from operations | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense) | ||||||||||||
Interest expense, net | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Other income | ||||||||||||
Total other income, net | ( | ) | ||||||||||
Income before tax expense | ||||||||||||
Income tax expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Net income and total comprehensive income | ||||||||||||
Net income per share attributable to ordinary shareholders | ||||||||||||
Basic and diluted | ||||||||||||
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computing net income per share | ||||||||||||
Basic and diluted |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
Ordinary Shares | Additional | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of shares | Amount | Subscription receivable | paid in capital | Retained Earnings | Shareholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of April 1, 2021 | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Reorganization | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Net profit for the year | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend declared and paid | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of March 31, 2022 | ( | ) |
Ordinary Shares | Additional | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of shares | Amount | Subscription receivable | paid in capital | Retained Earnings | Shareholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of April 1, 2022 | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net profit for the year | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend declared and paid | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of March 31, 2023 | ( | ) |
Ordinary Shares | Additional | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of shares | Amount | Subscription receivable | paid in capital | Retained Earnings | Shareholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of April 1, 2023 | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net profit for the year | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend declared and paid | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of March 31, 2024 | ( | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||
Operating activities: | ||||||||||||
Net income | ||||||||||||
Adjustments: | ||||||||||||
Depreciation on property and equipment | ||||||||||||
Amortization of right-of-use assets – finance lease | ||||||||||||
Gain on disposal of right-of-use assets – finance lease | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
Change in cash value of life insurance policy | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Expected credit loss allowance | ||||||||||||
Deferred Income (benefits) taxes provision | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Previously deferred IPO cost that expensed in the year | ||||||||||||
Change in working capital items: | ||||||||||||
Change in accounts receivable | ( | ) | ||||||||||
Change in contract assets | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
Change in deposits, prepayments and other current assets | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
Change in accounts payable | ||||||||||||
Change in income tax payable | ( | ) | ||||||||||
Change in accrued expenses and other current liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||||||
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities | ( | ) | ||||||||||
Investing activities: | ||||||||||||
Purchase of property and equipment | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
Sales proceeds from disposal of right-of-use assets – finance lease | ||||||||||||
Cash obtained from reorganization | ||||||||||||
Cash (used in) provided by investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||||||
Financing activities: | ||||||||||||
Proceeds from new bank borrowings | ||||||||||||
Repayment of bank borrowings | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Initial payments for finance lease liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||||||
Principal payments for finance lease liabilities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Advances from a related party | ||||||||||||
Payments to a related party | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Payment for offering cost | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
Cash used in financing activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | ( | ) | ||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents as of beginning of the year | ||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents as of the end of the year | ||||||||||||
Supplementary Cash Flows Information | ||||||||||||
Cash paid for income tax | ( | ) | ||||||||||
Cash paid for interest | ||||||||||||
Supplemental of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities | ||||||||||||
Right-of-use assets – finance lease obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities | ||||||||||||
Proceeds from disposal of Right-of-use assets – finance lease received by a director on behalf of the Company | ||||||||||||
Dividend declared and offsetting against due from major shareholder |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Organization and Business Description
Organization and Nature of Operations
Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited (the “Company”) is a limited liability company established under the laws of the Cayman Islands on August 2, 2022. It is a holding company with no business operation.
The Company conducts its primary operations through its indirectly wholly owned subsidiaries, MS (HK) Engineering Limited and MS Engineering Co., Limited, which are incorporated and domiciled in Hong Kong SAR; MS (HK) Engineering Limited and MS Engineering Co., Limited principally engage in the provision of wet trades works, and they are wholly owned subsidiary of MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited which was incorporated and is domiciled in British Virgin Islands.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the activities of the Company and the following entities:
Subsidiary | Date of incorporation | Jurisdiction of Formation | Percentage of Ownership | Principal Activities | ||||
Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited (“MSG”) | ||||||||
MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited (“MSC”) | ||||||||
MS (HK) Engineering Limited (“MSHK”) | ||||||||
MS Engineering Co., Limited (“MSE”) |
MSHK was incorporated on October 12, 2012 in Hong Kong as a limited liability company, its principal activities were provision of wet trades works.
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MSE was incorporated on March 27, 2019 in Hong Kong as a limited liability company by an independent third party, its principal activities were provision of wet trades works. On October 20, 2021, Mr. Chi Ming Lam purchased all the shares of MSE and became its sole shareholder.
Reorganization and Share Issuance
On August 2, 2022, the Company was incorporated in the Cayman Islands and issued ordinary shares at par value of USD to Mr. Chi Ming Lam.
On August 17, 2022, MSC was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
On November 25, 2022, Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender ordinary shares with a par value of USD to the Company for no consideration (the “Cancelled Shares”). The then sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved for the Cancelled Shares be immediately cancelled upon their surrender, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such share on December 2, 2022. Subsequently Mr. Chi Ming Lam holds ordinary share of the Company with a par value of USD .
As part of the corporate reorganization which took place for the purposes of the offering, Mr. Chi Ming Lam, MSHK and our Company entered into a reorganization agreement dated November 25, 2022, pursuant to which MSC acquired ordinary share of MSHK from Mr. Chi Ming Lam and acquired ordinary shares of MSE from Mr. Chi Ming Lam. In consideration for these acquisitions, our Company allotted and issued ordinary shares of USD each, credited as fully paid, to Mr. Chi Ming Lam.
On
December 5, 2022, Mr. Chi Ming Lam, the then sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved a subdivision of each of the issued
and unissued shares with a par value of USD
Following the Share Subdivision and on the same day, Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender ordinary shares with a par value of USD to the Company for no consideration (the “Surrendered Shares”). The then sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved for the Surrendered Shares be immediately cancelled upon their surrender, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such share on December 8, 2022. Subsequently, Mr. Chi Ming Lam holds Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of USD .
During the years presented in these financial statements, the control of the entities has never changed (always under the control of Mr. Chi Ming Lam). Accordingly, the combination has been treated as a corporate restructuring (reorganization) of entities under common control and thus the current capital structure has been retroactively presented in prior periods as if such structure existed at that time and in accordance with ASC 805-50-45-5, the entities under common control are presented on a combined basis for all periods to which such entities were under common control. Since all of the subsidiaries were under common control for the entirety of the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, except for MSE which was under common control started from October 20, 2021. The results of MSHK were included in the financial statements for both periods and results of MSE were included commencing from October 20, 2021. (the “Reorganization”).
On June 2, 2023, Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender ordinary shares with a par value of USD to the Company for no consideration (the “Second Surrendered Shares”). The then sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved for the Second Surrendered Shares be immediately cancelled upon their surrender, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such share on June 2, 2023. Subsequently, Mr. Chi Ming Lam holds Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of USD . The cancellation was retroactively presented in prior periods.
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On June 12, 2023, Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender ordinary shares with a par value of USD to the Company for no consideration (the “Third Surrendered Shares”). The then sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved for the Third Surrendered Shares be immediately cancelled upon their surrender, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such share on June 12, 2023. Subsequently, Mr. Chi Ming Lam holds Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of USD . The cancellation was retroactively presented in prior periods.
On June 15, 2023, Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender ordinary shares with a par value of USD to the Company for no consideration (the “Fourth Surrendered Shares”). The then sole shareholder of our Company resolved and approved for the Fourth Surrendered Shares be immediately cancelled upon their surrender, and the Company approved the surrender and cancellation of such share on June 15, 2023. Subsequently, Mr. Chi Ming Lam holds Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of USD . The cancellation was retroactively presented in prior periods.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include all accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries (Collectively, the “Company”) and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).
Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary. All intercompany transactions and balances among the Company and its subsidiary have been eliminated upon consolidation.
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Risk and Uncertainty
Significant Risks
Currency Risk
The Company’s operating activities are transacted in HKD. Foreign exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions, and recognized assets and liabilities. The Company considers the foreign exchange risk in relation to transactions denominated in HKD with respect to USD is not significant as HKD is pegged to USD.
Concentration Risk
For the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, all of the Company’s assets were located in Hong Kong and all of the Company’s revenue were derived from its subsidiaries located in Hong Kong. The Company has a concentration of its revenue and accounts receivable with specific customers.
During the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, there were two, four and two customers generated income which accounted for over 10% of the total revenue generated for that year, respectively. The details are as follows:
For the years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
Customer A | % | % | % | |||||||||
Customer B | % | % | % | |||||||||
Customer C | % | % | % | |||||||||
Customer D | % | % | % |
As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, accounts receivable due from these customers, and there were two and three accounts receivable which accounted for over 10% of the total consolidated accounts receivable, respectively. The details are as follows:
As of March 31 | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
Customer E | % | % | ||||||
Customer F | % | % | ||||||
Customer C | % | % | ||||||
Customer B | % | % | ||||||
Customer D | % | % | ||||||
Customer A | % | % |
During the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, there were zero, zero and zero supplier accounted for over 10% of the total purchases for that year, respectively.
As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, there were one and zero supplier which accounted for over 10% of the total consolidated accounts payable, respectively. The details are as follows:
As of March 31 | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
Supplier A | % | % |
Credit Risk
The Company adopted ASC 326. The Company estimates expected credit losses over the contractual period in which the Company is exposed to credit risk via a contractual obligation to extend credit, unless that obligation is unconditionally cancellable by the Company. Assets that potentially subject the Company to a significant concentration of credit risk primarily consist of life insurance policy, cash surrender value, cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, net, deposits and contract assets. The Company has designed their credit policies with an objective to minimize their exposure to credit risk.
The
exposure to credit risk, which will cause a financial loss to us due to failure to discharge an obligation by the counterparties, relates
primarily to our life insurance policy, cash surrender value,
bank deposits (including our own cash at banks), accounts receivable, net, deposits and contract assets. The Company
considers the maximum exposure to credit risk equals to the carrying amount of these financial assets in the consolidated statement of
financial position. As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the cash balances of USD
The Company believes that there is no significant credit risk associated with cash, which was held by reputable financial institutions in the jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries are located.
The Company has adopted a credit policy of dealing with creditworthy counterparties to mitigate the credit risk from defaults. The credit exposure is controlled by counterparty limits that are reviewed and approved by the senior management of the Company periodically. The management team periodically evaluates the creditworthiness of the existing customers in determining an allowance for expected credit loss primarily based on many factors, including the age of the balance, customer’s historical payment history, its current creditworthiness and current or future economic trends.
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Interest rate risk
The following table details the interest rate risk profile of the Company’s borrowings as of March 31, 2024 and 2023:
As of March 31 | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Fixed rate borrowings: | ||||||||
Finance lease liabilities, current | ||||||||
Finance lease liabilities, non-current | ||||||||
Bank borrowings, current | ||||||||
Bank borrowings, non-current | ||||||||
Floating rate borrowings: | ||||||||
Bank borrowings, current | ||||||||
Bank borrowings, non-current |
Fluctuations in market interest rates may negatively affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company is exposed to floating interest rate risk on and floating rate bank borrowing. The Company has not used any derivative financial instruments to manage the interest risk exposure.
At
March 31, 2024, and 2023,
The sensitivity analysis above indicates the instantaneous change in the Company’s profit after tax that would arise assuming that the change in interest rates had occurred at the end of the reporting period and had been applied to re-measure those financial instruments held by the Company which expose the Company to fair value interest rate risk at the end of the reporting period. In respect of the exposure to cash flow interest rate risk arising from floating rate non-derivative instruments held by the Company at the end of the reporting period, the impact on the group’s profit after tax is estimated as an annualized impact on interest expense or income of such a change in interest rates.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with its financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. The Company’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Company’s reputation.
Typically, the Company ensures that it has sufficient cash on demand to meet expected operational expenses for a period of 30 days, including the servicing of financial obligations; this excludes the potential impact of extreme circumstances that cannot reasonably be predicted, such as natural disasters.
Labor price risk
Our business requires a substantial number of personnel. Any failure to retain stable and dedicated labor by us may lead to disruption to our business operations. Although we have not experienced any labor shortage to date, we have observed an overall tightening and increasingly competitive labor market. We have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, increases in labor costs due to increases in salary, social benefits and employee headcount. We compete with other companies in our industry and other labor-intensive industries for labor, and we may not be able to offer competitive remuneration and benefits compared to them. If we are unable to manage and control our labor costs, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the audited consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in U.S. GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the audited consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Management makes these estimates using the best information available when the calculations are made; however, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
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The measurement of the expected credit loss allowance for financial assets measured at amortized cost is an area that requires the use of significant assumptions about future economic conditions and credit behavior (e.g. the likelihood of customers defaulting and the resulting losses). A number of significant judgements are also required in applying the accounting requirements for measuring expected credit loss, such as considering debtors’ credit risk characteristics, historical settlement record, the days past due and forward-looking information.
Foreign currency translation and transaction and Convenience translation
The Company’s reporting currency is the United States dollars (“USD”). The Company’s operations are principally conducted in Hong Kong where Hong Kong dollars (“HKD”) is the functional currency.
Transactions denominated in other than the functional currencies are re-measured into the functional currency of the entity at the exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the applicable functional currencies are translated into the functional currency at the prevailing rates of exchange at the balance date. The resulting exchange differences are reported in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.
The
exchanges rates used for translation from HKD to USD was
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of a financial instrument is defined as the exchange price that would be received from an asset or paid to transfer a liability (as exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The carrying amounts of financial assets and liabilities, such as cash, accounts receivable, deposits, life insurance policy, cash surrender value, amount due from a related party and other current assets, accounts payable, finance lease liabilities and other current liabilities, the amount represented bank overdrafts approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments and market rates of interest.
ASC 825-10 requires certain disclosures regarding the fair value of financial instruments. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-level fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:
Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 2 — Quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, or other inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets and liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.
The Company considers the carrying amount of its financial assets and liabilities, which consist primarily of life insurance policy, cash surrender value, cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, due from a related party, deposits and other current assets, accounts payable, bank borrowings, finance lease liabilities and accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate the fair value of the respective assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2024 and 2023 due to their short-term nature. For non-current bank borrowing loans, since most are floating rate borrowings so the carrying value approximate their fair value because the borrowing rates were set to approximate market rates.
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The Company noted no transfers between levels during any of the periods presented. The Company did not have any instruments that were measured at fair value on a recurring nor non-recurring basis as of March 31, 2024 and 2023.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash
and cash equivalents consist of petty cash on hand and cash held in banks, which are highly liquid and have original maturities of three
months or less and are unrestricted as to withdrawal or use. The Company maintains the bank accounts in Hong Kong. Cash balances in bank
accounts in Hong Kong are insured under the Deposit Protection Scheme introduced by the Hong Kong Government for a maximum amount of
HK$
Accounts Receivable, net
Accounts receivable represents an unconditional right to consideration arising from our performance under contracts with customers which include retainage amount that is conditional only on the passage of time. The Company grant credit to customers, without collateral, under normal payment terms (typically 17 to 60 days after invoicing). Generally, invoicing occurs within 30 days after the related works are performed. The carrying value of such receivable, net of the expected credit loss and allowance for doubtful accounts, represents its estimated realizable value. The Company expect to collect the outstanding balance of current accounts receivable, net within the next 12 months. The Company has elected to use probability of default and loss given default methods to estimate allowance for credit loss.
Measurement of credit losses on financial instruments
Effective April 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326) — Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” This guidance replaced the “incurred loss” impairment methodology with an approach based on “expected losses” to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. The guidance requires financial assets to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The allowance for credit losses is a valuation account that is deducted from the cost of the financial asset to present the net carrying value at the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset.
Deferred Offering Costs
Deferred offering costs consist principally of all direct offering costs incurred by the Company, such as underwriting, legal, accounting, consulting, printing, and other registration related costs in connection with the initial public Offering (“IPO”) of the Company’s ordinary shares. Such costs are deferred until the closing of the offering, at which time the deferred costs are offset against the offering proceeds. In the event the offering is unsuccessful or aborted, the costs will be expensed.
Leases
On April 1, 2020, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842) (“Topic 842”) issued by the FASB. The adoption of Topic 842 resulted in the presentation of right-of-use assets – finance lease and finance lease liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.
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The Company has elected the package of practical expedients permitted which allows the Company not to reassess the following at adoption date: (i) whether any expired or existing contracts are or contains a lease, (ii) the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and (iii) initial direct costs for any expired or existing leases (i.e. whether those costs qualify for capitalization under ASU 2016-02). The Company also elected the short-term lease exemption for certain classes of underlying assets including office space and machinery, with a lease term of 12 months or less.
The Company determines whether an arrangement is or contain a lease at inception. A lease for which substantially all the benefits and risks incidental to ownership remain with the lessor is classified by the lessee as an operating lease.
A lease is classified as a finance lease when the lease meets any of the following criteria at lease commencement:
(a) The lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset to the lessee by the end of the lease term.
(b) The lease grants the lessee an option to purchase the underlying asset that the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise.
(c) The lease term is for the major part of the remaining economic life of the underlying asset. However, if the commencement date falls at or near the end of the economic life of the underlying asset, this criterion shall not be used for purposes of classifying the lease.
(d) The present value of the sum of the lease payments and any residual value guaranteed by the lessee that is not already reflected in the lease payments equals or exceeds substantially all of the fair value of the underlying asset.
(e) The underlying asset is of such a specialized nature that it is expected to have no alternative use to the lessor at the end of the lease term.
Finance leases are included in right-of-use (“ROU”) assets – finance lease, finance lease liabilities, current, and finance lease liabilities, non-current in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
ROU assets – finance lease represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and finance lease liabilities represent its obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. The ROU assets – finance lease and finance lease liabilities are recognized at lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term.
At the commencement date, the cost of the ROU assets – finance lease shall consist of all of the following:
(a) The amount of the initial measurement of the lease liability
(b) Any lease payments made to the lessor at or before the commencement date, minus any lease incentives received
(c) Any initial direct costs incurred by the lessee.
The Company uses the implicit rate based on the terms of the leases in determining the present value of lease payments. The ROU assets – finance lease also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease. Renewal options are considered within the ROU assets – finance lease and finance lease liabilities when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option.
For operating leases with a term of one year or less, the Company has elected not to recognize a lease liability or ROU asset – operating lease on its consolidated balance sheets. Instead, it recognizes the lease payments as expenses on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Short-term lease costs are immaterial to its consolidated statements of operations and cash flows.
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Property and Equipment, net
Property and Equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and impairment charge. Depreciation is provided for on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets as follows:
Equipment | ||
Motor vehicle | ||
Property |
Expenditures for maintenance and repairs, which do not materially extend the useful lives of the assets, are charged to expense as incurred. Expenditures for major renewals and betterments which substantially extend the useful life of assets are capitalized. The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets retired or sold are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income in other income or expenses.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The
Company reviews the impairment of its long-lived assets, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount
of an asset may no longer be recoverable. When these events occur, the Company measures impairment by comparing the carrying value of
the long-lived assets to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the assets and their eventual
disposition. If the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flow is less than the carrying amount of the assets, the Company would recognize
an impairment loss, which is the excess of carrying amount over the fair value of the assets, using the expected future discounted cash
flows. There were
Life insurance policy, cash surrender value
Life
insurance policy-cash surrender value was life insurance purchase for Mr. Chi Ming Lam (position with a director and CEO of the Company)
and MSHK was as beneficiary. The insured amount of the contract (death benefit) was USD
Revenue Recognition
In May 2014, the FASB issued Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”. This topic clarifies the principles for recognizing revenue and develops a common revenue standard for U.S. GAAP. Simultaneously, this topic supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and most industry-specific guidance throughout the Industry Topics of the Codification.
The Company perform a majority of wet trade works under master construction agreements and other contracts that contain customer-specified construction requirements. These agreements include discrete pricing for individual tasks. A contractual agreement exists when each party involved approves and commits to the agreement, the rights of the parties and payment terms are identified, the agreement has commercial substance, and collectability of consideration is probable. Construction services are performed for the sole benefit of our customers, whereby the assets being created or maintained are controlled by the customer and the services we perform do not have alternative benefits for us. Contract revenue is recognized as our obligations are satisfied over time consistent with our services are performed and customers simultaneously receive and consume the benefits the Company provide.
The Company recognizes contract revenue over time, as performance obligations are satisfied, due to the continuous transfer of control to the customer in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Upon adoption of ASC Topic 606, contracts which include construction services are generally accounted for as a single deliverable (a single performance obligation) and are no longer segmented between types of services. The Company has not bundled any goods or services that are not considered distinct.
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Output measures such as construction works delivered are utilized to assess progress against specific contractual performance obligations for the majority of services. The selection of the method to measure progress towards completion requires judgment and is based on the nature of the services to be provided. The Company expects the reference to progress certificates issued by customers depicts the Company’s performance in transferring control of goods or services promised to customers for individual projects, the Company satisfies the performance obligation over time and therefore, the output method using construction works delivered best represents the measure of progress against the performance obligations incorporated within the contractual agreements. This method captures the amount of works delivered pursuant to contracts and is used only when performance does not produce significant amounts of work in process prior to complete satisfaction of the performance obligation and the gross billing value of contracting work can be measured reliably.
The typical contract length of the Company entered is ranged from 12 months to 24 months.
Contracted
but not yet recognized revenue was approximately
USD
The nature of the Company’s construction contracts gives rise to several types of variable consideration, including unpriced change orders and claims. The Company mainly considers the change orders as the contract modification. And the Company accounted for the contract modification as if it were a part of the existing contract as the remaining services are not distinct and, therefore, form part of a single performance obligation that is partially satisfied at the date of the contract modification.
Variable consideration related to construction projects may be incurred due to amendments to the scope of work or remeasurement of quantities, which can impact the transaction price and amount of revenue recognized. The final transaction price and revenue recorded may differ from initial estimates contract sum based on these variable factors. The amount of variable consideration is included in the transaction price only to the extent that it is highly probable that such an inclusion will not result in a significant revenue reversal in the future when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved. At the end of each reporting period, the Company updates the estimated transaction price to represent faithfully the circumstances present at the end of the reporting period.
The Company generally provides limited warranties for work performed under its construction contracts. The warranty periods typically extend for a limited duration following substantial completion of the Company’s work on the project. Historically, warranty claims have not resulted in material costs incurred for which the Company was not compensated for by the customer.
There were no material amounts of unapproved change orders or claims recognized during the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.
Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities
Contract assets included two parts: revenue recognized in excess of amounts billed, and retainage. Certain of our contracts contain retention provisions whereby a portion of the revenue earned is withheld from payment as a form of security until contractual provisions are satisfied. Contract assets were assessed for impairment in accordance with ASC 326.
Contract liabilities consist of payment received from customers in excess of revenue recognized.
Contract assets and liabilities are reported in a net position on a contract-by-contract basis at the end of each reporting period.
Government Subsidies
Government subsidies primarily
relate to one-off entitlement granted by the Hong Kong government pursuant to the Employment Support Scheme under the Anti-epidemic Fund.
The Company recognizes government subsidies as other income when they are received because they are not subject to any past or future
conditions. Government subsidies received and recognized as other income totaled , USD
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Cost of Revenue
The Company’s cost of revenue is primarily comprised of the material costs, subcontracting costs, direct labor costs and overhead costs that are directly attributable to services provided.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses mainly consist of administrative staff cost, motor vehicle expenses, office supplies and upkeep expenses, legal and professional fees, change of credit loss allowances and other miscellaneous administrative expenses.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period including the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
The provisions of ASC 740-10-25, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” prescribe a more-likely-than-not threshold for consolidated financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken (or expected to be taken) in a tax return. This interpretation also provides guidance on the recognition of income tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax positions, and related disclosures.
We believe there were no uncertain tax positions as of March 31, 2024, and 2023. We do not expect that our assessment regarding unrecognized tax positions will materially change over the next 12 months. We are not currently under examination by an income tax authority, nor has been notified that an examination is contemplated.
The Company computes earnings per share (“EPS”) in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share” (“ASC 260”). ASC 260 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS are computed by dividing income available to ordinary shareholders of the Company by the weighted average ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS takes into account the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue ordinary shares were exercised and converted into ordinary shares.
Commitments and Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to contingencies, such as legal proceedings and claims arising out of its business, which cover a wide range of matters. Liabilities for contingencies are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated.
If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss is incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability is accrued in the Company’s financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable, but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss, if determinable and material, would be disclosed.
Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the nature of the guarantee would be disclosed.
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Related parties
The Company adopted ASC 850, Related Party Disclosures, for the identification of related parties and disclosure of related party transactions.
Recently Accounting Pronouncements
The Company is an “emerging growth company” (“EGC”) as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). Under the JOBS Act, EGC can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies.
Other accounting standards that have been issued by FASB that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption. The Company does not discuss recent standards that are not anticipated to have an impact on or are unrelated to its consolidated financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or disclosures.
3. Accounts Receivable, net
Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following as of March 31:
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Accounts receivable | ||||||||
Less: allowance for credit loss | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Accounts receivable, net |
The movement of allowance for loss accounts are as follows:
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Balance at beginning of the year | ||||||||
(Reversal) Addition during the year | ( | ) | ||||||
Balance at end of the year |
As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, all accounts receivable, net was secured for granting general banking facility.
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4. Contract Assets
Projects with performance obligations recognized over time that have revenue recognized to date in excess of cumulative billings are reported on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as “Contract assets”. Contract retentions, included in contract assets, represent amounts withheld by clients, in accordance with underlying contract terms, until certain conditions are met or the project is completed. Provisions for estimated losses of contract assets on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which such losses are determined. Contract assets that have billing terms with unconditional rights to be billed beyond one year are classified as non-current assets.
Contract assets consisted of the following as of March 31:
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Contract assets: | ||||||||
Revenue recognized in excess of amounts paid or payable (contract receivable) to the Company on uncompleted contracts (contract asset) excluding retainage | ||||||||
Retainage included in contract assets due to being conditional on something other than solely passage of time | ||||||||
Less: allowance for credit loss | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Contract assets, net | ||||||||
Contract assets, current | ||||||||
Contract assets, non-current |
The movement of revenue recognized in excess of amounts paid or payable (excluding retainage) before net of allowance for credit loss is as follows:
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Balance at beginning of the year | ||||||||
Increase as a result of total work completed during the period | ||||||||
Decrease as a result of total amount billed out | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Balance at end of the year |
The movement of retainage before net of allowance for credit loss is as follows:
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Balance at beginning of the year | ||||||||
Increase as a result of changes in progress of ongoing projects | ||||||||
Reclassified to accounts receivable as payment becomes unconditional | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Balance at end of the year |
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5. Deposits, Prepayments and Other Current Assets
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Deposits | ||||||||
Prepayments | ||||||||
Other receivables | ||||||||
Less: amount classified as non-current assets | ||||||||
Amount classified as current assets |
6. Property and Equipment, net
Property and Equipment, stated at cost less accumulated depreciation, consisted of the following as of March 31:
As of March 31 | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Equipment - Machineries | ||||||||
Less: accumulated depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Equipment - Machineries, net | ||||||||
Equipment – Motor vehicle | ||||||||
Less: accumulated depreciation | ( | ) | ||||||
Equipment - Motor vehicle, net | ||||||||
Property | ||||||||
Less: accumulated depreciation | ( | ) | ||||||
Property, net | ||||||||
Property and Equipment, net |
Depreciation expenses of property
and equipment totaled USD
During the years ended March 31,
2024, 2023 and 2022,
As of March 31, 2024, the
property was a security for granting general banking
facility in the amount of USD
7. Leases
The following table shows ROU assets – finance leases and finance lease liabilities, and the associated financial statement line items as of March 31:
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Right-of-use assets – finance lease, net | ||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||
Finance lease liabilities, current | ||||||||
Finance lease liabilities, non-current | ||||||||
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) | ||||||||
Weighted average discount rate (%) |
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Information relating to financing and operating lease activities during the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 are as follows:
For the years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||
Finance leases: | ||||||||||||
Amortization of right-of-use assets – finance lease | ||||||||||||
Interest of finance lease liabilities | ||||||||||||
Operating lease: | ||||||||||||
Expenses related to a short-term lease | ||||||||||||
Total lease expenses | ||||||||||||
Cash outflows related to finance leases: | ||||||||||||
Financing cash outflows – principal paid | ||||||||||||
Operating cash outflows – interests paid | ||||||||||||
Cash outflows related to operating lease: | ||||||||||||
Operating cash outflows - rental paid |
During the year ended March 31,
2024, additions to right-of-use assets – finance lease were (2023: USD
Maturities of lease payments under finance lease liabilities were as follows:
As of March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||
Year ending March 31, | ||||||||||||
2023 | ||||||||||||
2024 | ||||||||||||
2025 | 73,757 | 96,508 | 30,898 | |||||||||
2026 | ||||||||||||
2027 | ||||||||||||
Total undiscounted finance lease payments | ||||||||||||
Less: imputed interest | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Finance lease liabilities recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet |
8. Accounts payable
Components of accounts payable are as follows as of March 31:
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Trade payables | ||||||||
Total |
9. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Components of accrued expenses and other current liabilities are as follows as of March 31:
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Accruals for operating expenses | ||||||||
Other payables | ||||||||
Total |
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10. Bank Borrowings
Components of bank borrowings are as follows as of March 31:
Interest | As of March 31, | ||||||||||||||
rate | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
% | USD | USD | |||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 1 | (1 | ) | /
| % % | |||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 2 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 3 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 4 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 5 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 6 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 7 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 8 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 9 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 10 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 11 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 12 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 13 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 14 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 15 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 16 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 17 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 18 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 19 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 20 | (2 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 21 | (3 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 22 | (3 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 23 | (4 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 24 | (5 | ) | / | % % | |||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 25 | (6 | ) | / | % % | |||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 26 | (7 | ) | / | % % | |||||||||||
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 27 | (8 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 1 | (9 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Loan 1 | (10 | ) | / | % % | |||||||||||
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Loan 2 | (11 | ) | / | % % | |||||||||||
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Loan 3 | (12 | ) | / | % % | |||||||||||
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Loan 4 | (13 | ) | /
| %
% | |||||||||||
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 1 | (14 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 2 | (14 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 3 | (14 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 4 | (14 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 5 | (14 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 6 | (14 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 7 | (14 | ) | % | ||||||||||||
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 8 | (15 | ) | |||||||||||||
Less: current portion of long-term bank borrowings | ( | ) | ( | ||||||||||||
Non-current portion of long-term bank borrowings |
(1) |
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(3) | |
(4) | |
(5) | |
(6) | |
(7) | |
(8) | |
(9) | |
(10) | |
(11) | |
(12) | |
(13) | |
(14) | |
(15) |
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Interest expenses pertaining to
the above bank borrowings for the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 amounted to USD
Maturities of the principal and interest payments of bank borrowings were as follows:
As of March 31 | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
Year ending March 31, | ||||||||
2023 | ||||||||
2024 | ||||||||
2025 | ||||||||
2026 | ||||||||
2027 | ||||||||
2028 | ||||||||
2029 | ||||||||
2030 | ||||||||
2031 | ||||||||
2032 | ||||||||
2033 | ||||||||
2034 | ||||||||
2035 - 2044 | ||||||||
Total bank borrowings repayments | ||||||||
Less: imputed interest | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Total bank borrowings recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet |
As
of March 31, 2024, a total of USD
11. General and Administrative Expenses
For the years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||
Bank charges | ||||||||||||
Debt collection fee | ||||||||||||
Depreciation | ||||||||||||
Entertainment | ||||||||||||
Expected credit loss allowance | ||||||||||||
IPO costs | ||||||||||||
Motor vehicle expenses | ||||||||||||
Rental expenses | ||||||||||||
Site administrative expenses | ||||||||||||
Staff costs | ||||||||||||
Others | ||||||||||||
Total |
12. Income Taxes
Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands
Pursuant to the current rules and regulations, the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands currently levy no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains or appreciations and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. Therefore, the Company is not subject to any income tax in the Cayman Islands or British Virgin Islands.
Hong Kong
In accordance with the relevant tax laws and regulations of Hong Kong, a company registered in Hong Kong is subject to income taxes within Hong Kong at the applicable tax rate on taxable income.
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The components of the income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:
For the years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | |||||||||||
Current | ||||||||||||
Cayman Islands | ||||||||||||
British Virgin Islands | ||||||||||||
Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
Current | ||||||||||||
Deferred | ||||||||||||
Cayman Islands | ||||||||||||
British Virgin Islands | ||||||||||||
Hong Kong | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Deferred | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Total |
The Company measures deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities at the applicable tax rates. Components of the Company’s deferred tax asset and liability are as follows:
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
USD | USD | |||||||
MSE: | ||||||||
Provision for allowance of credit losses | ||||||||
Net operating loss carryforward | ||||||||
Total deferred tax assets | ||||||||
Less: valuation allowance | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Deferred tax assets, net | ||||||||
MSHK: | ||||||||
Property and equipment | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Right-of-use assets – finance lease | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Total deferred tax liabilities – equipment and right-of-use assets – finance lease | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Deferred tax assets - provision for allowance of credit losses | ||||||||
Deferred tax liabilities, net | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Deferred tax assets (liabilities), net | ( | ) | ( | ) |
As
of March 31, 2024, the Company had net operating loss carry forward of USD
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No material deferred tax asset has been recognized in respect of net operating loss carry forward as of March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, due to the unpredictability of future profit streams.
For the years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||
Profit before income taxes | ||||||||||||
Hong Kong Profits Tax rate | % | % | % | |||||||||
Income taxes computed at Hong Kong Profits Tax rate | ||||||||||||
Reconciling items: | ||||||||||||
Tax effect of income that is not taxable* | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Tax effect of non-deductible expenditure | ||||||||||||
Change in valuation allowance | ||||||||||||
Effect of two-tier tax rate | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Statutory tax deduction# | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Income tax expense |
* | |
# |
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Basic and diluted net earnings per share for each of the years presented are calculated as follows:
Basic earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.
For the year ended | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
Numerator | ||||||||||||
Net income-basic and diluted | ||||||||||||
Denominator | ||||||||||||
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding-basic and diluted | ||||||||||||
Earnings per share-basic and diluted |
14. Related Party Balance and Transactions
a. | Due from related parties |
As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the balances of amounts due from related parties were as follows:
As of March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||
Due from a related party | ||||||||||||
Mr. Chi Ming Lam (1 and 2) | ||||||||||||
Total |
(1) | |
(2) |
b. | Related party transactions |
For the years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||
Purchases from a related party | ||||||||||||
Mo Building Material Limited (1) | ||||||||||||
Total | ||||||||||||
Dividend declared and offsetting against due from | ||||||||||||
Mr. Chi Ming Lam (2) | ||||||||||||
Total | ||||||||||||
Advances from (Payment to) a related party | ||||||||||||
Mr. Chi Ming Lam (2 and 3) | ||||||||||||
Mr. Chi Ming Lam (2 and 3) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( |
) | ||||||
Total | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( |
) |
(1) | |
(2) | |
(3) |
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15. Commitments and Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to commitments and contingencies, including operating lease and finance lease commitments, legal proceedings and claims arising out of its business that relate to a wide range of matters, such as government investigations and tax matters. The Company recognizes a liability for such contingency if it determines it is probable that a loss will occur, and a reasonable estimate of the loss can be made. The Company may consider many factors in making these assessments on liability for contingencies, including historical and the specific facts and circumstances of each matter.
Commitments
The professional fee that the Company committed to pay upon closing of IPO but yet paid as of March 31, 2024 amounted
to USD
Contingencies
As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company is not a party to any material legal or administrative proceedings.
16. Segment Reporting
Disaggregation of revenue is as follows:
For the years ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
USD | USD | USD | ||||||||||
Sector | ||||||||||||
Public | ||||||||||||
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ASC 280,「分部報告」,建立了在一致的基礎上報告有關經營分部的信息的標準 擁有公司內部組織結構以及地理區域、業務板塊和主要信息 財務報表中的客戶了解公司業務部門的詳細信息。
的 公司使用管理方法來確定可報告的經營分部。管理方法考慮內部組織 以及公司首席運營決策者(「CODM」)林偉坤先生(MSHK董事)使用的報告, 用於做出決策、分配資源和評估績效。
基於
經管理層評估,公司確定其僅
17. 後續事件
的 公司已評估了自2024年3月31日起直至獲得這些綜合財務報表之日的所有事件 除非下文披露,否則不存在任何需要在合併財務報表中披露的重大後續事件 報表
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明 成集團控股有限公司
500,000 普通股
招股說明書
11月21日, 2024