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这 招股说明书涉及明盛集团控股有限公司(「明盛集团控股有限公司」)的500,000股普通股(「普通股」)公司”), 出售股东可能不时出售的(「售股股东」)在本招股说明书中点名。

 

我们 不会收到出售股东出售流通普通股的任何收益。

 

的 普通股已获准在纳斯达克证券市场有限责任公司(纳斯达克)运营的纳斯达克资本市场层级上市, 在股票代码「MSW」下。

 

投资者应注意 他们不是购买香港运营公司的股票,而是购买控股公司的股票 在开曼群岛注册成立的发行人通过其在香港的子公司运营,这涉及独特的风险 投资者

 

除非另有说明,否则如本招股说明书所用, 术语「我们」、「我们」、「我们的公司」和「公司」指明盛集团控股 Limited,一家根据开曼群岛法律注册成立的获豁免有限责任公司,无重大业务。电影我们 我们的所有业务均通过我们的两家子公司MS(HK)Engineering Limited和MS Engineering Co.进行,有限公司,根据 香港特别行政区(「香港特区」或「香港」)的法律。

 

我们现在是,并将继续 指纳斯达克证券市场规则第5615(C)(1)条所界定的“受控公司”。林志明先生,我们的主席 和首席执行官,将实益拥有我们当时已发行和已发行普通股约84.31%,并将 能够在完成后立即行使我们已发行和已发行普通股总投票权的约84.31% 首次公开发行(“首次公开发行”),假设首次公开发行的承销商 发售并不行使其购买额外普通股的选择权,并假设林先生立即处置所有 根据回售招股章程,500,000股普通股。欲了解更多资讯,请参阅“主要股东”。虽然 我们不打算依赖纳斯达克股票市场规则第5615(C)(1)条下的“受控公司”豁免,我们 可以选择在未来依赖这一豁免。有关更多资讯,请阅读本招股说明书第11页开始的披露。

 

我们是一家「新兴成长型公司」, 修订后的2012年《快速启动我们的商业法案》中定义,因此有资格降低上市公司报告要求。 投资我们的普通股涉及风险。请参阅本文第15页开始的「风险因素」 招股说明书了解更多信息。

 

我们是「外国私人发行人」 根据适用的美国联邦证券法,因此有资格降低上市公司报告要求。请参阅 更多信息,请参阅本招股说明书第10页「成为外国私人发行人的影响」。

 

出售股份的股东 可不时以公开或非公开交易或两者兼而有之的方式发售或出售本招股说明书所提供的普通股。 这些销售将以固定价格、销售时的市场价格、与当时的市场价格相关的价格进行, 或者以协商好的价格。出售股东可以向承销商、经纪自营商或代理人出售股票,或通过承销商、经纪自营商或代理人出售股票,承销商、经纪自营商或代理人可以获得 以折扣、优惠或佣金的形式从出售股东、普通股购买者、 或者两者都有。任何参与的经纪自营商,以及任何作为经纪自营商关联公司的出售股东,均可被视为 是19《证券法》(经修订)所指的“承销商”,任何佣金或折扣给予 任何此类经纪交易商或其关联公司可被视为承销佣金或折扣 经修订的19证券法。出售股东已通知我们,他们没有任何协定或谅解,直接 或间接地与任何人分配其普通股。有关更完整的说明,请参阅“分销计划” 普通股的出售方式。

 

 

 

 

关于合并和合并的规定 2006年,六个中国监管机构通过并修订了《外国投资者收购境内公司》或《并购规则》 2009年,要求通过收购内地境内公司,为上市目的而成立的海外特殊目的载体 中国并由内地公司或个人控股中国取得中国证监会批准 (中国证监会),在该特别目的载体的证券在海外上市和交易之前 证券交易所。此外,2021年12月24日,中国证监会发布了《国务院关于 境内企业境外发行证券上市(征求意见稿)(《管理条例(草案)》) 和《境内企业境外发行证券和上市备案管理办法(征求意见稿)》(征求意见稿)( 《备案办法草案》),统称为《境外上市规则草案》,向社会公开征求意见。

 

2023年2月17日,经批准 国务院,中国证监会发布了《境内公司境外发行上市试行管理办法》, 或试行办法,及五项配套指引,于2023年3月31日起施行。根据试行办法, (一)境内公司直接或间接在境外发行或上市的,应当履行备案程式 并向中国证监会报告相关资讯;(2)发行人同时满足下列条件的,境外发行上市 应确定为境内公司境外间接上市:(一)下列任何一项总资产、净资产、收入 或发行人最近一个会计年度境内经营主体利润占相应 发行人同期经审计的综合财务报表中的数位;(2)其主要经营活动为 在中国执行的或其主要营业地点均设在中国,或由负责经营管理的高级管理人员负责 发行人主要为中国公民或在中国有住所;(3)境内公司寻求间接发行上市的 境外市场的证券,发行人应当指定境内主要经营主体负责所有备案手续 发行人向中国证监会申请首次公开发行股票并在境外上市的,发行人应当 自申请提交之日起三个工作日内向中国证监会提交备案。当日,证监会召开新闻发布会。 发布试行办法,发布《关于境内企业境外发行上市备案管理的通知》 公司,除其他外,澄清:(1)将给予国内公司六个月的过渡期,在此之前 试行办法施行之日,已获境外监管部门或证券交易所批准, 如已完成在美国市场的注册,但尚未完成境外间接上市; 已提交有效境外上市申请但尚未获得批准的境内公司 试行办法施行之日或之前,境外监管机构或证券交易所可以合理安排 向中国证监会提交备案申请的时间,并应在其境外备案完成前完成备案 招股上市。

 

在……上面 2023年2月24日,中国证监会、财政部、国家秘密保护和国家档案局 中国局联合发布《关于加强境外保密和档案管理的规定》 《境内企业发行上市证券或保密规定》,自3月3日起施行 2023年3月31日。保密规定要求,除其他事项外,(1)进行境外发行的境内公司 而直接和间接上市都要建立健全保密和档案管理制度,并采取必要的措施 履行保密和档案管理义务的措施;(2)国内公司计划直接或 或通过其境外上市实体,向包括证券公司在内的有关个人或单位公开披露或提供, 证券服务提供者和境外监管机构,任何包含国家秘密或政府工作秘密的档案和资料 代理机构,应当依法报经主管部门批准,并报保密行政主管部门备案 (三)境内公司拟直接或通过其境外上市机构公开披露 或者向证券公司、证券服务商、境外监管机构等有关个人和单位提供, 泄露其他有损国家安全或者公共利益的档案、资料的,应当严格履行 国家有关法规规定的有关程式;(四)境内公司履行有关程式后, 向证券公司、证券服务提供者和其他实体提供任何含有国家 国家机关秘密、工作秘密或者其他危害国家安全的档案、资料 或公共利益如果被泄露,资讯的提供者和接受者应当签署保密协定; 境内公司、证券公司或者证券服务提供者发现泄露或者可能泄露国家秘密的, 泄露国家机关工作秘密或者其他危害国家安全的档案、资料 或者公共利益的,应当立即采取补救措施,并向有关国家机关和单位报告。

 

明晟集团控股有限公司 是一间在开曼群岛注册成立的控股公司,并有两间营运附属公司在香港独资经营,而该公司并没有 任何附属公司或可变权益实体(VIE)或拟收购中国的任何股权 在内地中国境内的任何国内公司,也不由内地中国的任何公司或个人控制。此外,我们 总部设在香港,我们的首席执行官、首席财务官和所有董事会成员都在 在香港,中国不是内地公民,我们所有的收入和利润都来自我们在香港的子公司和 我们没有在大陆产生任何收入或利润,中国。此外,我们在可预见的时间内不打算在大陆开展业务中国 未来。因此,我们不相信我们会受到并购规则的约束,也不会被要求在试行中向中国证监会提交申请。 措施或保密条款。此外,根据香港特别行政区基本法, 或《基本法》,除《基本法》附件三所列的法律和法规外,其他法律和法规不在香港实施。 仅限于与国防、外交和其他不在自治范围内的事项有关的法律)。因此, 正如我们的中国律师中国商业律师事务所确认的那样,截至本招股说明书的日期,我们和我们的子公司都不在招股说明书的覆盖范围内 根据中国证监会或内地中国任何其他政府机构的许可要求,批准我们子公司的 运营或我们的产品。此外,我们或我们的附属公司在上市前均无须获得中国证监会的批准。 因此,截至招股说明书的日期,我们和我们的运营子公司都没有申请过任何 这样的许可或认可。尽管有上述意见,我们的中国法律顾问进一步告知我们,以下方面存在不确定性 中国将如何解读和实施并购规则、试行办法和保密规定 以上概述的监管机构及其意见受任何新的法律、法规或详细实施和解释的约束 与并购规则、试行办法和保密条款有关的任何形式。如果中国证监会或其他机构 中国监管机构随后确定,我们的发行需要事先获得中国证监会的批准,我们可能面临监管行动 或中国证监会或其他中国监管机构给予的其他处罚。此外,如果适用的法律、法规有重大变化, 或解释改变,这要求我们获得中国证监会或其他中国监管机构的批准,其中包括 任何阶段的并购规则、试行办法和保密条款,包括但不限于完成后 如果在这种情况下,我们或我们的香港子公司(I)没有收到或维持批准, (Ii)无意中得出不需要这种许可或批准的结论;。(Iii)需要获得这种许可或批准。 未来,如果适用的法律、法规或解释发生变化,或者(Iv)被中国证监会或任何其他中华人民共和国拒绝许可 监管机构,我们将不能在美国交易所上市我们的普通股,或继续向投资者提供证券, 这将对投资者的利益造成重大影响,并导致普通股价值大幅下降或一文不值。

 

最近,中国政府发起了 一系列监管行动和声明,以规范内地某些地区的商业经营中国,包括破解 严厉打击证券市场违法违规行为,加强对中国境外上市公司的监管 可变利益主体结构,采取新措施扩大网路安全审查范围,扩大力度 在反垄断执法方面。例如,2021年7月6日,中国共产党中央办公厅和 国务院办公厅联合发文打击证券市场违法违规行为推动 资本市场高质量发展,其中需要政府有关部门加强 跨境监管执法和司法合作,加强对内地中国上市公司的监管 在海外建立和完善内地中国证券法的域外适用制度。另外,在12月 2021年2月28日,《网路安全审查办法》(《办法》)公布并于2月15日起施行, 2022年,并要求除其他事项外,除任何“关键资讯基础设施运营者”外, 控制不少于一百万个用户的个人资讯(有待进一步说明)的任何“数据处理器” 寻求在外国证券交易所上市还应接受网路安全审查,《办法》进一步阐述了这一点 评估有关活动的国家安全风险时应考虑的因素。我们在香港的营运子公司 目前只服务于香港本地市场,目前没有在内地的任何业务中国。我们目前没有 预计这些措施将对我们的业务、运营或此次发行产生影响,我们也不预期我们或我们的香港子公司 符合中国网信办的许可要求(CAC)这是必需的 批准我们子公司的运营,因为我们不认为我们可能被视为“关键资讯的运营者 基础设施“或控制不少于一百万用户的个人资讯的”数据处理器“,即 在美国上市前需要提交网路安全审查,因为(I)我们的所有业务都是在香港进行的 经营目前只服务于香港本地市场的附属公司,我们目前在内地没有业务中国; 我们没有或打算拥有任何子公司,也没有或打算与内地任何实体建立VIE架构中国 这些措施是否适用于像我们这样的公司仍不清楚;(Iii)截至本招股说明书的日期,我们有 既不收集或存储任何内地中国个人或在内地中国的任何个人资讯,也不委托或 预计受任何个人或单位委托,进行内地任何中国个人或内部的任何数据处理活动 内地中国;及(Iv)截至本招股说明书日期,吾等并未获任何中国政府当局通知任何要求 我们必须提交网路安全审查。此外,根据香港特别行政区基本法,或 除列于《基本法》附件三的法律和法规外,《基本法》和中华人民共和国的法律、法规不在香港实施 仅限于与国防、外交和其他不在自治范围内的事项有关的法律)。已确认 我们的中国律师中国商事律师事务所根据他们对现行有效的中国法律法规的理解, 无论是我们或我们在香港的营运附属公司,目前均不受 措施。此外,我们或我们的子公司都不受CAC或任何其他政府部门的许可要求的影响 审批我们子公司运营所需的机构。然而,对于这些措施将如何实施,仍存在不确定性 被解释或实施。此外,在有关中华人民共和国的解释和执行方面也存在重大不确定性 网路安全法律法规。如果我们被认为是“关键资讯基础设施的运营者”或“数据 《处理者》根据《办法》对不少于100万名用户的个人资讯进行控制,或者颁布其他规定的 关于被视为适用于我们的措施,我们的业务运营和我们的普通股在美国上市可能 未来将接受CAC的网路安全审查。此外,如果适用的法律、法规有重大变化, 或解释更改,这需要我们公司在未来获得CAC或任何其他政府机构的批准,并且, 如在此情况下,在任何阶段,包括但不限于,于本次发售完成后,吾等或吾等香港营运附属公司 (I)没有收到或保持批准,(Ii)无意中得出不需要此类许可或批准的结论,或(Iii) 如果适用的法律、法规或解释发生变化,需要在将来获得此类许可或批准,或者(Iv) 如果被拒绝获得CAC或任何其他中国监管机构的许可,我们将无法在美国交易所上市我们的普通股。 或者继续向投资者提供证券,会对投资者的利益造成重大影响,造成普通股的价值 股价要么大幅下跌,要么一文不值。

 

 

 

 

然而,由于这些声明 而且监管行动是新的,因此立法或行政监管制定机构何时做出反应是高度不确定的 以及将修改或颁布哪些现有或新的法律、法规或详细实施和解释(如果有的话)。 此外,此类修改或新的法律法规将对我们的运营子公司产生什么潜在影响也高度不确定。 日常业务运营、接受外国投资的能力以及我们普通股在美国或其他外国上市 交流

 

如果发生重大更改, 适用的法律、法规或解释更改,要求本公司获得CAC或任何其他政府部门的批准 在将来代理,如果在这种情况下,我们或我们的香港子公司在任何阶段,包括但不限于,在完成时 对于本次发行,(I)未收到或保持批准,(Ii)无意中得出结论,此类许可或批准不是 需要,(Iii)如果适用法律、法规或解释,需要在未来获得此类许可或批准 变更,或(Iv)被中国证监会、CAC或任何其他中国相关监管机构、相关监管机构、 例如CAC或中国证监会,在处理此类违规行为时可能拥有广泛的自由裁量权,包括:对我们或香港处以罚款 终止或限制子公司的运营;施加下列条件或要求: 或者我们的运营子公司可能无法遵守;限制或禁止我们使用首次公开募股的收益 为在香港的业务和运作提供资金。施加这些惩罚中的任何一种也将导致实质性的和不利的 对我们开展业务的能力,以及我们的运营和财务状况的影响。如果发生上述任何一项或全部情况, 它可能会大大限制或完全阻碍我们完成此次发行的能力,或导致我们普通股的价值大幅上升 拒绝或变得一文不值。此外,我们可能无法完成此次发行,无法将我们的普通股在美国交易所上市,或者 继续向投资者提供证券,这也会对投资者的利益造成重大影响,并导致普通股的价值 股价要么大幅下跌,要么一文不值。见“风险因素-与我们公司结构相关的风险-最近, 中国政府发起了一系列监管行动和声明,以规范内地某些地区的商业运营。 中国,包括打击证券市场违法行为,加强对内地中国公司的监管 采用可变利益主体结构在境外上市,采取新措施扩大网络安全审查范围,以及 加大反垄断执法力度。在未来,我们可能会受到中国法律法规的制约 我们运营子公司的业务运营以及此类法律法规和解释的任何变化都可能损害我们的 盈利能力,这可能会对我们的运营和/或我们的价值造成实质性的负面影响 香港法律顾问David律师事务所告知我们,无论我们或我们的营运附属公司, 必须获得香港当局的许可或批准,才能向外国投资者发售注册的证券。 如果适用的法律、法规或解释有任何变化,我们或我们的任何子公司必须获得 在未来此类许可或批准的情况下,我们将努力遵守当时适用的法律、法规或解释。

 

2021年12月2日,美国证券交易委员会通过 对其规则的最终修订,涉及执行所持外国公司的某些披露和文件要求 公司问责法,或HFCAA,于2022年1月10日生效。如果发生以下情况,我们将被要求遵守这些规则 美国证券交易委员会认为,根据规则中的定义,我们在随后建立的程序中有一年没有进行检查 在美国证券交易委员会旁边。美国证券交易委员会正在评估如何落实HFCAA的其他要求。根据HFCAA,我们的证券可能被禁止 如果我们的审计师没有受到上市公司会计监督委员会的检查,我们就不能在纳斯达克或其他美国证券交易所进行交易, 或PCAOB,连续三年,这最终可能导致我们的股票被摘牌。此外,在2021年6月22日, 美国参议院通过了《加速追究外国公司责任法案》,并于2022年12月29日签署成为法律。 修改HFCAA并要求美国证券交易委员会在以下情况下禁止发行人的证券在任何美国证券交易所交易 审计师不接受PCAOB连续两年的检查,而不是连续三年,缩短了时间表 适用HPCAA的退市和交易禁令,从三年延长到两年,因此 缩短证券被禁止交易或退市前的时间。2021年9月22日,PCAOB通过了实施 HFCAA,它提供了一个框架,供PCAOB在根据HFCAA预期确定PCAOB是否无法 因所持职位而检查或调查位于外国司法管辖区的注册会计师事务所 由该司法管辖区内的一个或多个当局提出。

 

根据 对于HFCAA,PCAOB于2021年12月16日发布了一份确定报告,发现PCAOB无法检查或调查 完全注册的会计师事务所,总部设在:(1)内地中国的人民Republic of China;(2)香港 香港特别行政区的裁决于2022年12月15日撤销。此外,PCAOB的 报告确定了受这些决定制约的具体注册会计师事务所,哪些决定是 于2022年12月15日腾出。我们目前的注册会计师事务所ZH CPA,LLC为我们的财务报表进行了审计 截至2024年3月31日、2023年3月31日和2022年3月31日的财年,总部位于美国科罗拉多州丹佛市,总部不是 在内地或香港的中国,在2021年12月16日的PCAOB报告中并未被确认为受 PCAOB的决定,这些决定于2022年12月15日被撤销。尽管如此,如果PCAOB 不能全面检查我们中国审计师的工作底稿,投资者可能会被剥夺这样的利益 可能导致限制或限制我们进入美国资本市场和我们的证券交易的检查可能 根据HFCAA是被禁止的。此外,2022年8月26日,PCAOB与PCAOB签署了一项议定书声明或SOP协定 中国证监会和中国的财政部。标准作业程序与管理检查和调查的两项议定书协议一起,确定 一个具体、负责的框架,使PCAOB能够对总部设在中国的审计公司进行全面检查和调查 和香港,根据美国法律的要求。2022年12月15日,PCAOB宣布它能够确保完全访问检查 并于2022年全面调查了在PCAOB注册的会计师事务所,总部设在内地和香港的中国。PCAOB 撤销了之前2021年关于PCAOB无法检查或调查完全注册的公共会计的决定 公司总部设在大陆、中国和香港。不过,PCAOB能否继续令人满意地进行检查 在PCAOB注册的会计师事务所中,总部位于内地和香港的中国受到不确定性的影响,并取决于 我们和我们的审计师无法控制的因素数量。PCAOB继续要求完全进入大陆中国和 香港正在向前迈进,并已计划在2023年初及以后恢复定期检查,以及继续 进行正在进行的调查,并根据需要启动新的调查。PCAOB已表示将立即采取行动考虑 如果需要,需要向HFCAA发布新的决定。如果未来PCAOB再次确定它无法检查 并对内地中国和香港的审计师进行全面调查,那么被审计师审计的公司将受到 根据HFCAA对美国市场的交易禁令。见《风险因素--美国证券交易委员会和美方最近的联合声明》 PCAOB、纳斯达克提交的拟议规则修改以及HFCAA都呼吁对以下各项应用更多、更严格的标准 新兴市场公司评估其审计师的资格,特别是未接受检查的非美国审计师 被PCAOB。这些发展可能会增加我们的产品供应的不确定性。“

 

我们 不 使用可变利益实体 我们的企业结构。我们通过间接全资运营子公司MS(HK)Engineering Limited和MS Engineering 公司,有限公司,在香港从事湿贸易工程服务。

 

AS 截至目前,我们没有一家公司派发任何现金股息或进行任何现金分配。没有任何限制 用于在公司之间转移或分配现金。在我们正常的业务过程中,现金可以在 我们公司通过电汇往来银行账户来支付一定的业务费用,如贷款或出资。明自明 成集团控股有限公司于最近注册成立,至今未有任何转让、股息或分派。 控股公司明晟集团控股有限公司及其附属公司或其投资者。MS(香港)建筑工程有限公司 和我们的运营子公司分别根据英属维尔京群岛和香港的相关法律允许提供 通过股利分配筹集资金,不受资金数额的限制。对股息转移没有限制 从香港到开曼群岛,再到美国投资者。

 

不过,未来资金可能不会 由于我们的能力受到限制和限制,可用于资助业务或用于香港以外的其他用途 或中国政府对我们子公司转移现金的能力。对我们子公司的能力的任何限制 向我们付款可能会对我们开展业务的能力产生重大不利影响,并可能会大幅降低 我们的普通股或导致它们一文不值。

 

请 请参阅“招股说明书摘要-转入和转出我们的子公司的现金转移”和简明合并时间表 以及第7页的综合财务报表以获取更多信息。

 

既不 美国证券交易委员会、任何州证券委员会或任何其他监管机构均已批准或不批准 或确定本招股说明书是否真实或完整。任何相反的陈述都是刑事犯罪。

 

本招股说明书的日期 是2024年11月21日。

 

 

 

 

表 内容

 

关于前瞻性陈述的警告性声明 v
招股说明书摘要 1
风险因素 15
行业数据和预测 39
收益的使用 46
股利政策 47
管理层对财务状况和经营成果的讨论与分析 48
生意场 66
法规 78
管理 90
高管薪酬 98
关联方交易 99
主要股东 100
普通股的说明 102
有资格在未来出售的股份 121
课税 122
民事责任的强制执行 130
法律事务 131
专家 131
被点名的专家和律师的利益 132
披露监察委员会对弥偿的立场 132
在那里您可以找到更多信息 132
财务报表索引 F-1

 

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关于这份招股说明书

 

我们和承销商 未授权任何人向您提供与本招股说明书或任何自由撰写招股说明书中所载内容不同的信息 由我们或代表我们准备或我们推荐您参考的。我们和承销商不承担任何责任,并且可以提供 不保证其他人可能向您提供的任何其他信息的可靠性。我们正在提供销售,并寻求报价 购买特此要约的普通股,但仅在要约和销售允许且合法的情况和司法管辖区 这样做.本招股说明书中包含的信息仅截至本招股说明书日期有效,无论交付时间如何 本招股说明书或普通股的任何出售。我们的业务、财务状况、运营业绩和前景可能 自那时起发生了变化。

 

对于美国以外的投资者: 我们和承销商均未采取任何行动允许在境外公开发行普通股 美国或允许拥有或分发本招股说明书或任何相关的自由撰写招股说明书。 美国境外拥有本招股说明书或任何相关免费撰写招股说明书的人员必须了解自己 关于普通股的发售和招股说明书的分发,并遵守与之相关的任何限制 美国的

 

我们获得了统计数据、市场数据 以及本招股说明书中描述的来自市场研究、公开信息和行业的其他行业数据和预测 出版物,包括独立市场研究和咨询公司Frost & Sullivan的出版物,涉及以下信息 香港的建筑业。虽然我们相信统计数据、行业数据以及预测和市场研究 是可靠的,我们尚未独立验证数据。

 

我们 根据《公司法》注册为豁免有限责任公司,我们的大部分未发行证券 由非美国居民拥有。根据美国证券交易委员会的规则,我们目前有资格获得“外国私人发行人”待遇。 作为外国私人发行人,我们不会被要求向SEC提交定期报告和财务报表, 与证券根据1934年证券交易法(“交易所”)注册的美国国内注册人一样迅速 行动”)。

 

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通常 使用的定义术语

 

除非 另有说明或上下文另有要求,本招股说明书中提及:

 

“修改后 备忘录和条款”指的是我们第二次修订和重述的备忘录 以及2024年7月29日生效的公司章程;

 

“中国” 或“中华人民共和国”是指中华人民共和国;

 

“公司 法案”是指经修订、补充的开曼群岛公司法(经修订) 或以其他方式不时修改;

 

“弗罗斯特 & Sullivan”是指Frost & Sullivan Limited,一家独立市场研究公司 代理机构,独立第三方;

 

“政府” 指香港政府;

 

“洪 香港”是指中华人民共和国香港特别行政区 中国;

 

“提供” 指明盛集团控股有限公司的首次公开募股;

 

“运营 子公司”指MS(HK)Engineering Limited和MS Engineering Co.,有限;
   
 

“我们的 集团”或“集团”指明盛集团控股有限公司及其 子公司;

   
 “普通的 股份”是指我们的普通股,每股面值0.0005美元;
   
 “中国 律师”是指中国商事律师事务所;

 

“美国证券交易委员会” 指美国证券交易委员会;

 

“股份”, “股份”或“普通股”是指明的普通股 成集团控股有限公司,每股面值0.0005美元;

 

“我们”, “我们”、“我们的公司”、“我们的”或“公司” 指明盛集团控股有限公司,一家获豁免注册成立的有限责任公司 根据开曼群岛法律,并在描述其运营和 业务、其子公司;

 

“香港 美元”、“香港美元”,或“港币”指法定货币 香港;及

 

“美国 美元”、“美元” 或“$”是指美国的法定货币。

 

我们 业务由我们在香港的间接全资运营子公司使用香港开展美元,香港货币。 我们的经审计综合财务报表和未经审计简明综合财务报表以美国呈列 美元.在本招股说明书中,我们指的是经审计的合并财务报表中的资产、义务、承诺和负债 以及以美元为单位的未经审计的简明综合财务报表。这些美元参考基于汇率 香港美元兑美元,在特定日期或特定时期确定。汇率变化将影响 我们的义务金额和以美元计算的资产价值,这可能会导致 我们的义务金额(以美元表示)和我们的资产价值,包括应收账款(以美元表示)。

 

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交换 速率信息

 

的 公司是一家控股公司,通过其在香港的主要运营子公司及其报告在香港开展业务 货币为美元,公司功能货币为港元。金额的翻译 从港元兑换美元仅为方便读者,并按1美元= 7.8港元的挂钩汇率计算,即 兑换区的中点1美元= 7.75港元至7.85港元。香港金融管理局提供兑换保证, 根据该规定,当局承诺应1美元= 7.75港元强势银行的要求出售港元并购买港元 应弱势1美元= 7.85港元银行要求发行港元,以维持港元货币稳定在左右 1美元= 7.80港元。并无任何陈述表明港元金额代表或可能已或可兑换、变现或结算 按该汇率或任何其他汇率兑换成美元。

 

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警示 关于前瞻性声明的声明

 

这 招股说明书包含涉及风险和不确定因素的前瞻性陈述,例如与未来事件、业务有关的陈述 战略、未来业绩、未来运营、积压、财务状况、预计收入和亏损、预计成本、前景、 管理的计划和目标。除历史事实以外的所有陈述都可能是前瞻性陈述。前瞻性 陈述常常,但不总是,通过使用诸如“目标”,“预期”,“相信”, “估计”、“预期”、“向前看”、“打算”、“可能”、“计划”、 “潜力”,“预测”,“提议”,“寻求”,“应该”,“将”, “Will”和类似的表达或它们的否定。前瞻性陈述不应被解读为对未来的保证 绩效或结果,并不一定准确地表明该等绩效或结果将在什么时间或由什么时候发生 才能实现。前瞻性陈述是基于管理层对结果的信念,基于目前可获得的信息 以及未来事件的时间安排。这些陈述涉及估计、假设、已知和未知风险、不确定性和其他因素。 这可能会导致实际结果或事件与这些前瞻性陈述中表达的结果或事件大不相同。在评估时 前瞻性陈述,你应该考虑风险因素和标题为“风险”一节中描述的其他警告性陈述。 这些因素。“我们相信本招股说明书所载前瞻性陈述所反映的预期是合理的, 但不能保证这些预期将被证明是正确的。前瞻性陈述不应过度依赖 在那里。

 

重要 可能导致实际结果或事件与前瞻性陈述中表达的结果或事件存在重大差异的因素包括,但是 不限于:

 

我们 业务和运营策略以及运营计划;
的 我们业务未来发展的数量、性质以及潜力;
我们 公司的股息分配计划;
 我们 与发行普通股所得收益使用相关的预期;
的 监管环境以及行业的总体行业前景 我们运营;
未来 我们经营所在行业的发展;以及
的 香港乃至世界经济走势。

 

这些 因素不一定是可能导致实际结果或事件与所表达的结果或事件存在重大差异的所有重要因素 在前瞻性陈述中。其他未知或不可预测的因素也可能导致实际结果或事件存在重大差异 来自前瞻性陈述中表达的内容。我们未来的业绩将取决于各种其他风险和不确定性,包括 那些在标题为“风险因素”的部分中描述的。归属于我们的所有前瞻性陈述均符合以下条件: 他们的全部内容都是通过这个警告性声明。前瞻性陈述仅适用于本文日期。我们没有义务 在任何此类陈述发表之日后更新或修改任何前瞻性陈述,无论是由于新信息, 未来事件或其他。

 

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招股书 总结

 

这 摘要重点介绍了本招股说明书中其他部分包含的更详细信息。此摘要不完整,不包含 你在做投资决策时应该考虑的所有信息。你应该仔细阅读整个招股说明书之前 对我们的普通股进行投资。除其他事项外,你方应仔细考虑我们的合并财务报表 以及相关说明和标题为“风险因素”和“管理层对财务的讨论和分析”的章节 本招股说明书的其他部分包括“经营状况和结果”。

 

这 招股说明书包含由我们委托、由独立市场研究公司Frost&Sullivan准备的一份报告中的信息 提供有关香港建造业的资料。

 

我们的使命

 

我们的使命是成为领先的湿货行业 香港的工务服务供应商。我们努力提供符合客户质量标准的优质服务, 要求和规格。

 

概述

 

我们是一家获豁免的公司,注册成立于 2022年8月2日开曼群岛的法律。作为一家没有自己的实质性业务的控股公司,我们经营我们的业务 通过我们全资拥有的香港运营子公司MS(HK)Engineering Limited(成立于2019年3月27日)和MS Engineering 股份有限公司。MS(HK)Engineering Limited,成立于2012年10月12日。我们主要从事湿行业,如抹灰工程, 瓷砖铺设工程、砖铺设工程、地面熨平工程和大理石工程。我们是一家老牌的湿贸易工程分包商, 根据Frost&Sullivan的数据,2021年的市场份额约为0.4%。通过我们管理层的持续努力, 我们的总收入从截至2022年3月31日的财年的14,383,980美元增加到截至本财年的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是一家注册的 建造业议会注册专门工程承建商计划下的专门工程承建商,并承担 私营和公共部门项目都有,而MS Engineering Co.,Limited主要专注于私营部门项目。

 

我们的 值

 

在… 作为我们的公司,我们坚持我们的核心价值观,这些价值观对我们的成功至关重要。我们相信,这些价值观不仅指导着我们的业务 并定义我们的品牌,但也为我们和我们的客户带来真正的财务和运营利益。

 

我们的 核心价值观包括:

 

正在进行 我们以公平、诚信的态度开展业务;
维护 具备高水平的湿法行业操作专业知识;
倾听 并回应客户的需求;以及
提供 按时完成高质量的工作,价格具有竞争力。

 

竞争 优势

 

我们 相信以下优势是我们成功的原因,也是我们有别于同龄人的不同因素。

 

已建立 往绩记录. 在我们大约十年的运营历史中,我们专注于 以分包商的角色提供湿行业工程服务,并积累我们的专业知识 而湿货交易的记录也很管用。我们为我们在湿货行业的项目组合感到自豪 行得通。2022年,我们获得了一个基础设施扩建项目 初始合同金额超过14000港元万(1,790美元万)的医院和 初始合同金额超过10000港元万(12.8美元)的私人住宅项目 百万)。2023年,我们获得了一个住宅项目,并签订了初步合同 超过4,200港元万(5,30美元万)。2024年,我们获得了一套住宅 初始合同金额超过12700港元万(1,630美元万)的项目。我们 相信我们在质量工作方面的良好记录,我们在湿法贸易运营方面的专业知识 我们按时交付工作的能力是使我们能够获得信任的关键因素 从我们现有的客户,并使我们在招标项目的竞争优势。

 

 

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已建立 与客户的关系. 我们已经建立了长期的合作关系 我们的一些主要客户。我们相信,我们是客户的首选企业 合作伙伴和我们的长期合作关系归功于客户的信任 在我们始终如一地提供高质量工作的能力、我们提供有竞争力的价格的能力以及我们与供应商的牢固关系方面。通过利用我们的工作经验 我们拥有庞大的客户,积累了满足质量要求的技术和专业知识。 其他潜在客户的标准。

 

经验丰富 和敬业的管理团队. 我们的管理团队拥有广泛的行业知识 以及在香港湿货行业的项目经验。林志明先生,我们的 首席执行官兼董事长,拥有约20年的湿法经验 贸易工程行业。我们管理团队工作经验的更多细节 列于题为“管理”的一节。

 

我们 增长战略

 

我们的 主要的增长策略是进一步巩固我们的市场地位,增加我们的市场占有率,并抓住香港的增长机会。 江湿贸工场。我们打算通过扩大我们的业务规模来实现我们的业务目标 积极从我们现有的客户群中寻找机会,承担更多的湿行业工程项目,包括 以及一个新的潜在客户群。为了实现这些目标,我们计划实施以下战略:

 

增强 增强竞争力,扩大市场份额。根据Frost&Sullivan的说法, 香港湿货贸易工程总值由约9,574.9港元增加 2016年为1133520港元(122760美元万)至约1133520港元(145320美元万) 2021年,代表着复合年增长率(“年复合增长率“)为3.4%。 受下列因素推动:(I)政府的目标是增加香港的整体房屋供应量 香港行政长官《2022年施政报告》提出的未来几年 (“2022年施政报告“),例如建造30,000个单位的轻型公共 未来五年,整体公营房屋建屋量增加约 未来五年(2023/24至2027/28)50%;(Ii)推出北部大都会 政府在2021年的发展策略,发展总土地面积 元朗区及北区约300平方公里;及 2020年施政报告提出“共享先导计划”,旨在释放发展空间 私人拥有的3,235公顷农地作房屋用途,我们预计 湿法行业的需求将进一步增加。我们将重点部署我们的 用于竞争更多和更大规模的湿行业工程项目的资源 香港。但是,我们可以在任何时候同时执行的项目数量 给定的时间受我们当时可用的资源的限制,包括我们的 人力和营运资本。我们计划通过加强我们的 人力和营运资本,以捕捉增长中的潜在机会 湿交易工程市场。我们计划将我们出售普通股的部分净收益 股份以(I)透过聘请额外的项目督导员提升我们的项目管理能力 职员、安全督导员、工料测量师、财务及行政人员及 一般工人;及(2)用作一般营运资金。

 

获取 其他内容 装备.我们通常部署我们拥有的设备供我们的分包商使用 在我们的项目中开展工作。考虑设备需求 源于我们进行额外且更大规模的湿贸易的业务战略 工程项目,我们认为进一步增强我们的设备至关重要 为了为我们的员工和分包商提供最好的装备,以完成他们的工作。我们 相信更大的设备将使我们能够(i)提高我们的整体工作效率 和技术能力;及(ii)增强我们更有效地部署资源的灵活性。

 

增强 我们的品牌。我们集团通过直接招标获得了我们的新业务 由客户提供。我们相信我们可以扩大我们的客户基础,吸引更多的邀请 通过加大营销力度来宣传我们的品牌和市场,以吸引潜在客户 在香港从事湿式工场行业。我们计划的营销努力包括 (I)设立专门网页宣传我们的服务;。(Ii)投放广告。 在行业出版物上发表;(3)赞助组织的商业活动和慈善活动 地产发展商及建筑承建商;。(Iv)派发宣传单张及 用于宣传我们的服务的其他宣传材料;以及(V)接近潜在客户 更积极地为我们的湿货行业服务争取新的商机。

 

 

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威胁 和挑战

 

根据 对于Frost&Sullivan,我们面临以下威胁和挑战:

 

周期性的 建筑业的性质。作为建筑业的一部分,湿式贸易工程 市场遵循建筑业的周期性,这通常被认为是 与宏观经济状况、政府政策和商业周期高度相关。 例如,在经济低迷的情况下,紧缩的财政预算和更高的 融资成本可能会使项目业主在启动新项目时更加保守 或者投入更多的资源。同样,如果土地供应出现放缓迹象 或香港政府的发展计划,香港湿货行业市场的增长 孔令辉可能会受到阻碍。

 

短缺 劳动力的减少和劳动力成本的增加。根据建筑业议会的说法,劳工 在香港从事湿法工程行业,包括抹灰工、砖匠和 混凝土制造商已全部列入短缺贸易清单。由于人口老龄化 以及对工人技能和资质的更高要求,湿货交易市场 香港一直面临严重的经验和技术劳工短缺问题。 因此,为了吸引合格的工人,我们可能需要采取以下措施 具有竞争力的薪酬待遇、增长机会和灵活的工作时间。不断增长的 人才的竞争将导致更高的劳动力成本,并对增长构成挑战 湿货交易市场。

 

更高 材料成本。湿贸易工厂行业的原材料价格连续上涨。 例如,自2016年以来,沙子、波特兰水泥和混凝土块的价格都有所上涨 到2021年,年复合年均增长率分别约为17.6%、3.1%和4.1%。在这些人中 所有湿行业使用的原材料,沙子的平均价格涨幅最大, 主要由于中国的河沙供应有限。材料成本的膨胀 将导致更高的支出,这可能会进一步对我们的利润率产生负面影响。

 

市场 和竞争

 

根据 至于Frost&Sullivan,香港湿货贸易工程的总值由约957490港元万(1,227.6美元)增加 至2021年,万约为港币1133520元(145320美元万),复合年增长率为3.4%。驱动因素:(I) 《2022年施政报告》提出未来数年增加整体房屋供应的目标,例如兴建 在未来五年兴建30,000个轻型公营房屋单位,令整体公营房屋建屋量在未来五年增加约50% 未来五年(2023/24至2027/28);(2)政府于2021年启动北方大都市发展战略, 在元朗区及北区发展的土地总面积约为300平方公里;及 2020年《施政报告》提出的旨在释放私人农地发展的共享试点计划 在3,235公顷的房屋用地中,我们预计湿行业工程的需求将会进一步增加。因此,我们相信 我们应集中资源,在香港争取更多和更大型的湿地工程项目。 孔令辉。然而,我们在任何给定时间可以同时执行的项目数量受到我们当时可用的项目数量的限制 资源,包括我们的人力和营运资本的可用性。根据Frost&Sullivan的说法,湿交易工作市场 就市场参与者的数量而言,香港被认为是分散的。根据建筑业协会的说法,有 截至2021年底,已有500多名承包商在“完成湿贸易”的贸易专业项下注册。我们计划 加强我们的人力和营运资本以提升竞争力,以把握香港在 不断增长的湿贸易工程市场。连同政府的其他支援政策和加快市区重建,湿货的总值 贸易工程预计将从2022年的1210310港元万(155170美元万)增加到大约1560930港元万(2,001.2美元) 2026年)。

 

 

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意义重大 风险因素

 

风险 与我们的公司结构相关

 

我们 依靠运营子公司支付的股息和其他股权分配 为我们可能有的任何现金和融资需求提供资金,以及对以下能力的任何限制 运营中的子公司向我们付款可能会对 我们开展业务的能力。在未来,资金可能无法提供资金 在香港以外地方作业或作其他用途,因施加限制及 中国政府对我们或我们的子公司转移现金的能力的限制。
 最近, 中国政府发起了一系列监管行动和声明,以规范商业 中国在内地某些地区的行动,包括打击非法活动 在证券市场,加强对内地中国上市公司的监管 海外采用可变利益主体结构,采取新措施扩大 网络安全审查范围,扩大反垄断执法力度。在……里面 今后,我们可能会受制于与当前业务相关的中国法律法规 我们运营子公司的运营以及此类法律和法规的任何变化 解释可能会削弱我们盈利运营的能力,这可能会导致 对我们的运营和/或我们的普通股价值产生重大负面影响。
 我们 可能会受到各种中国法律和其他有关并购规则的义务的约束, 试验措施和数据安全,以及任何违反适用法律和 债务可能会对我们的业务、财务状况产生实质性的不利影响 以及手术的结果。
 实质上 我们所有营运附属公司的业务均在香港进行。然而, 由于现行中国法律法规中的长臂条款,中国政府 可对此类业务的进行行使重大监督和酌情决定权,并可 随时影响此类操作,这可能导致操作中的重大变化 和/或我们普通股的价值。中华人民共和国政府可 也对我们将资金转移到香港以外地区分发的能力施加限制 盈利及派发股息,或再投资于香港以外的业务。中的更改 中国政府的政策、法规、规章和法律的实施可以 也发生得很快,我们对中国法律和 监管系统不能确定。
 如果 中国政府选择扩大对进行的股票发行的监督和控制 境外和/或境外投资于以中国为基础的内地发行人向以香港为基地的发行人, 此类行动可能会严重限制或完全阻碍我们提供或继续提供服务的能力 向投资者提供普通股,并使我们的普通股价值大幅上升 要么拒绝,要么一文不值。

 

为 有关上述风险的详细说明,请参阅第15-17页。

 

风险 与我们的工商业有关

 

我们的表现视乎湿货行业的市况和趋势而定,如果香港物业市场(以成交量和价格计算)放缓,香港湿货行业项目的供应可能会大幅减少。

 我们的 收入主要来自非经常性质的项目,而没有 保证我们的客户将为我们提供新的业务。
我们的 从历史上看,收入成本一直在波动。如果我们经历了任何显著的增长 收入成本,我们的毛利率可能会下降,我们的业务运营和财务 情况可能会受到实质性和不利的影响。
这个 已完成工作的实际总价值可能与最初估计的合同金额不同 在我们与客户的合同中。
任何 材料成本估算不准确或成本超支可能会对我们的财务业绩产生不利影响。
如果 我们不遵守某些法律,我们可能会被暂停或禁止签约, 这可能会对我们的业务产生实质性的不利影响。
不尽如人意 我们分包商的表现或无法获得分包商可能会对我们产生不利影响 我们的运营和盈利能力。
 我们 依赖第三方的材料供应来经营我们的业务。
我们 可能无法在我们竞争激烈的行业中进行有利的竞争。
在.期间 截至2024年3月31日、2023年3月31日和2022年3月31日的财年,我们最大的五个客户 占我们总收入的很大一部分。
环境保护, 健康和安全法律和法规以及任何变更或由此产生的责任, 这样的法律法规可能会对我们的财务状况产生实质性的不利影响, 经营业绩和流动资金。
我们 可能无法有效地实施我们的业务计划以实现未来的增长。
我们的 持续的成功需要我们雇佣、培训和留住合格的人员和分包商。 在竞争激烈的行业里。
失败 在可靠和及时的基础上完成我们的项目可能会对我们的声誉产生重大影响, 我们的财务表现或可能使我们受到索赔。
我们的 作业存在特殊危险,可能造成人身伤害或者财产损失, 使我们承担保险可能无法承保的责任和可能的损失。
一定的 本招股说明书中的数据和信息来自第三方来源,而不是 由我们独立核实。
我们 未来可能需要筹集额外资本,用于营运资本、资本支出 和/或收购,而我们可能不能以优惠条款或根本不能这样做,这 会削弱我们运营业务或实现增长目标的能力。
 我们的 对财务报告缺乏有效的内部控制可能会影响我们准确 报告我们的财务结果或防止可能影响市场和价格的欺诈行为 我们的普通股。

 

 

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我们 与我们的应收贸易账款的可回收性有关的信用风险 和合同资产。
我们 是一家控股公司,其主要运营现金来源是从 我们的运营子公司。
我们的 大股东对我们的公司事务有相当大的影响力。
我们的 大股东可能与我们有潜在的利益冲突,这可能是实质性的 并对我们的业务和财务状况造成不利影响。
如果 我们未能有效和经济高效地推广和维护我们的品牌,我们的业务 而且手术的结果可能会受到损害。
我们 可能会受到知识产权侵权索赔,辩护成本可能很高 并可能会扰乱我们的业务和运营。
任何 新冠肺炎疫情恶化可能对我们的运营和财务造成不利影响 条件。
事件 如流行病、自然灾害、恶劣天气条件、政治动乱和恐怖分子 攻击可能会大大推迟甚至阻止我们完成我们的项目。
失败 维护安全的建筑工地和/或实施我们的安全管理体系可能会导致 发生人身伤害、财产损失、致命事故或停职或 注册工程承建商计划下的注册不获续期 建造业议会主席。
那里 不能保证我们将能够向注册专科医生续签注册 建造业议会的承建商计划。
我们 可能不时成为法律程序的一方,我们不能向您保证 法律程序不会对我们的业务产生实质性的不利影响。特别是, 可能会有潜在的雇员赔偿和人身伤害索赔。
我们的 保险覆盖范围可能不足以支付潜在的责任。
可能的 招聘足够劳动力的困难或劳动力成本的大幅增加可能 阻碍我们未来的业务战略。
波动 汇率的变动可能会对我们的经营业绩和 普通股的价格。
我们的 企业容易受到政府政策和宏观经济状况的影响。
 我们 面临经济普遍下滑和市况恶化的风险,例如 就像中美贸易冲突一样。

 

为 有关上述风险的详细说明,请参阅第17-28页。

 

风险 与在香港营商有关

 

洪 香港的法律制度正在演变,存在固有的不确定性,这可能会限制 为您提供法律保护。
 这个 在香港特别行政区制定《中华人民共和国维护国家安全法》 区域(“香港国家安全法”)可能会影响我们的运营子公司 在香港。
纳斯达克 可能适用于我们继续上市的更多和更严格的标准。
如果 我们未能满足适用的上市要求,纳斯达克可能不会批准我们的上市申请, 或者可能将我们的普通股从交易中退市,在这种情况下,流动性和市场 我们普通股的价格可能会下跌。
 的 SEC和PCAOb最近的联合声明、纳斯达克提交的拟议规则变更以及 HFCAA均呼吁对新兴市场采用额外且更严格的标准 公司在评估其审计师(尤其是非美国审计师)的资格后 未接受PCAOb检查的人。这些事态发展可能会给我们的发行增加不确定性。

 

为 上述风险的详细描述,请参阅第28 - 29页。

 

 

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风险 与我们的首次公开募股和我们普通股的所有权有关

 

我们 将因成为上市公司而产生额外成本,这可能会带来负面影响 影响我们的净收入和流动性。
我们的 管理团队管理上市公司的经验有限。
这个 公开披露资讯的义务可能会使我们相对于竞争对手处于劣势 都是私人公司。
我们 是“外国私人发行人”,我们的披露义务不同于 美国国内报告公司。因此,我们可能不会向您提供相同的资讯 作为美国国内的报告公司,或者我们可能在不同的时间提供资讯, 可能会使您更难评估我们的业绩和前景。
我们 是一家“新兴成长型公司”,我们不能确定减少的报告 适用于新兴成长型公司的要求将降低我们普通股的吸引力 致投资者。
我们 是纳斯达克股票市场规则中定义的“控股公司”。虽然 我们不打算依赖纳斯达克下的“受控公司”豁免 上市规则,我们可以选择在未来依赖这一豁免,而您将不会 向受这些公司约束的公司的股东提供的相同保护 治理要求。
 普通 未来有资格出售的股票可能会对我们普通股的市场价格产生不利影响, 由于未来在公开市场上出售大量已发行普通股 可能会降低我们普通股的价格。
 未来 我们或我们的股东在以下情况下在公开市场上的销售或对未来销售的看法 此次发行可能导致我们普通股的市场价格下跌。
这个 作为一家上市公司的要求可能会给我们的资源带来压力,并转移管理层的 请注意。
这个 无论我们的经营状况如何,我们普通股的市场价格可能会波动或下跌。 业绩,你可能无法在首次公开募股的水准或更高的水准转售你的股票 发行价。
 我们 可能会经历与我们的实际或预期运营无关的极端股价波动 业绩、财务状况或前景,使潜在投资者难以 评估我们普通股迅速变化的价值。
未来 大量普通股的发行或出售,或预期的发行或出售 可能会对现行市场价格造成重大不利影响 普通股和我们未来筹集资金的能力。
我们 在使用我们首次公开招股的净收益方面拥有广泛的自由裁量权 可能不会有效地使用它们。
未来 融资可能会导致您的股权被稀释或对我们的运营造成限制。
那里 对于我们的普通股来说,可能不是一个活跃、流动性强的交易市场,我们不知道 我们的普通股将发展一个更具流动性的市场,为您提供充足的流动性。
我们 可能会在未来失去我们的外国私人发行人身分,这可能会导致 额外的成本和费用。
你 将会立即受到严重的稀释。
你 在完成法律程序的送达、执行外国判决方面可能遇到困难 或在开曼群岛或香港提起基于美国或其他外国公司的原创诉讼 对我们、我们的管理层或招股说明书中点名的专家不利的法律。
你 可能会在保护您的利益和保护您的权利的能力方面面临困难 通过美国法院可能会受到限制,因为我们是根据开曼群岛法律注册的。
它 可能很难执行美国法院根据美国联盟法律对民事责任的判决 针对我们、我们在开曼群岛和香港的董事或高级管理人员的证券法。
我们 使用邮件转发服务,这可能会延迟或干扰我们接收邮件的能力 及时采取行动。
我们 可能成为一家被动的外国投资公司,或PFIC,为美国联盟收入 任何课税年度的税务目的,这可能会使美国投资者在我们的股票中 对美国所得税造成重大不利后果。
我们 不要指望在这次发行后的可预见的未来支付股息。你必须依靠 关于普通股的价格升值,以换取您的投资回报。
新的 拟议的美国证券交易委员会规则修正案中与气候相关的披露义务可能会有不确定性 影响我们的业务,对我们施加额外的报告义务,并增加我们的 成本。
我们 受制于有关监管事项、公司治理等方面的法律法规的变化 以及公开披露,这既增加了我们的成本,也增加了违规的风险。
 这个 出售或可供出售的大量普通股可能会对 影响他们的市场价格。

 

为 有关上述风险的详细说明,请参阅第29-38页。

 

 

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明细表 批准或许可的

 

在……里面 根据我们香港律师David律师事务所的意见,我们和我们的子公司已获得所有必要的许可或批准 以目前的方式运营我们的业务,没有任何许可或批准被拒绝。

 

AS 经我司中国法律顾问中国商事律师事务所确认,基于他们对现行中国法律法规的理解, 截至本招股说明书发布之日,本公司及本公司之营运附属公司均不受并购规则、试行办法、 截至本招股说明书发布之日,中国证监会或中国民航总局已发布的办法、法规或政策,我们目前也不是 受中国证监会、CAC或任何其他需要批准我们上市的中国政府机构的许可要求所涵盖 在美国的交易所和提供证券。因此,基于前述,既然我们不受法规或政策的约束 由CAC发布到目前为止,我们认为我们目前没有被要求遵守由 截至本招股说明书之日的CAC。此外,截至本招股说明书的日期,我们和我们的运营子公司都没有 是否申请过任何此类许可或批准,因为我们目前不受并购规则或法规和政策的约束 由CAC发布。

 

如果 我们或我们的子公司:(I)未收到或维护此类许可或批准,(Ii)无意中得出结论认为此类许可 或不需要批准,或(Iii)适用的法律、法规或解释发生变化,需要我们和/或我们的子公司 为了在未来获得这种许可或批准,有关政府当局将在处理 此类违规行为,包括征收罚款、没收我们和/或我们子公司的收入、吊销我们或我们子公司的 营业执照或经营许可证,停止或对我们的经营施加限制或繁重的条件,要求我们 进行代价高昂且具有破坏性的重组,限制或禁止我们使用发行所得资金来资助我们的或 我们子公司的业务和运营,以及采取其他可能对我们的或我们的 子公司的业务。这些行动中的任何一项都可能对我们或我们子公司的业务运营造成重大干扰 并严重损害我们或我们子公司的声誉,这反过来又会对我们或我们的子公司造成实质性的不利影响 业务、财务状况和经营业绩。

 

转账 往来于我们子公司的现金

 

我们的 业务由本公司在香港间接全资拥有的营运附属公司进行。明晟集团控股有限公司 开曼群岛控股公司将依靠其附属公司MS(HK)Construction Engineering Limited支付的股息。 我们全资拥有的英属维尔京群岛附属公司及其全资香港附属公司,即营运附属公司 明晟集团控股有限公司的营运资金和现金需求,包括支付任何股息所需的资金。明盛 集团控股有限公司及MS(HK)建筑工程有限公司实质上为开曼群岛及英属维尔京群岛控股 分别是公司。只有我们的营运附属公司在香港运作。

 

在.期间 在我们正常的业务过程中,现金可以在我们公司之间通过电汇进出银行账户进行支付 某些业务费用,如贷款或出资。现金由我们在香港11个不同地区的营运附属公司持有。 在香港的美元银行账户。我们已申请开立港币储蓄、活期银行账户和外币储蓄 及明晟集团控股有限公司在香港的往来银行户口。MS(HK)建筑工程有限公司没有银行账户。

 

截至目前,我们没有一家公司 是否派发任何现金股利或作出任何现金派发。截至本招股说明书发布之日起,没有任何限制或限制 根据适用于港元兑换外币和将货币汇出香港的香港法律 或者跨境向美国投资者出售。中国的法律和法规目前对现金转移没有任何实质性影响 明晟集团控股有限公司转让给我们的经营附属公司,或我们的经营附属公司转让给明盛集团控股有限公司, 我们的股东或美国投资者。但是,在未来,资金可能无法用于资助业务或用于其他用途 香港,由于中国政府对我们的能力或我们的子公司的能力施加的限制和限制 来转账现金。对我们子公司向我们付款能力的任何限制都可能对我们的 这可能会使我们的普通股价值大幅缩水,或导致其一文不值。目前, 我们所有的业务都通过我们的运营子公司在香港进行。我们没有也不打算设立任何子公司或进入 订立任何合约安排,以与内地任何实体成立可变权益实体或VIE架构中国。自.以来 香港是中华人民共和国的一个特别行政区,中华人民共和国对香港的基本方针政策体现在 《香港特别行政区人民特别行政区法律Republic of China》或《基本法》为香港提供 高度自治以及行政权、立法权和独立的司法权,包括根据 “一国两制”方针。中国法律法规目前对转让没有任何实质性影响 从明晟集团控股有限公司向我们的运营子公司或我们的运营子公司向明盛集团控股有限公司支付现金 然而,中国政府未来可能会对我们的能力施加限制或限制 将资金转移出香港,向我们组织内的其他实体分配收益和支付股息, 或再投资于我们在香港以外的业务。这种限制和限制,如果将来强加,可能会拖延或阻碍 将业务扩展至香港以外地区,并可能影响我们从香港的营运附属公司收取资金的能力。 香港。颁布新的法律或法规,或对现有法律和法规作出新的解释,在每一种情况下, 限制或以其他方式不利地影响我们开展业务的能力或方式,可能需要我们改变我们的 企业要确保合规,这可能会减少对我们服务的需求,减少收入,增加成本,要求我们获得更多 许可证、许可、批准或证书,或使我们承担额外的责任。在任何新的或更严格的措施的范围内 如果被要求实施,我们的业务、财务状况和经营结果可能会受到不利影响,并进行衡量 可能会大幅降低我们普通股的价值,有可能使其一文不值。

 

自.以来 明晟集团控股有限公司于最近注册成立,至今未有任何转让、股息或分派 控股公司明晟集团控股有限公司与其附属公司或其投资者之间的协定。

 

MS(HK)建筑工程有限公司和我们的运营子公司 分别根据英属维尔京群岛和香港的相关法律,以股息分配的方式提供资金 不受资金数额的限制。香港向开曼群岛转移股息没有任何限制 以及美国投资者。

 

我们的 公司结构

 

我们 是一家开曼群岛公司,全资拥有我们的英属维尔京群岛子公司MS(HK)建筑工程有限公司,该公司 反过来,全资拥有我们在香港的运营子公司。

 

这个 下图显示了截至本招股说明书发布之日和上市完成时我们的公司结构。欲了解更多资讯 有关本公司历史的详细资料,请参阅第页标题为“本公司历史及结构”的章节 本招股说明书的77份。

 

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预售

 

 

注:

 

(1)明 Shing Group Holdings Limited是一家开曼群岛公司,是控股公司和注册人。
  
(2)MS (HK)英属维京群岛公司Construction Engineering Limited是控股公司 我们的运营子公司。
  
(3)MS (HK)工程有限公司是一家香港公司,是我们的运营子公司之一。
  
(4)MS 工程公司,有限公司是一家香港公司,是我们的运营子公司之一。

 

 

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发售后 (假设出售股东不会根据本招股说明书立即出售500,000股普通股)

 

 

注:

 

(1)明 Shing Group Holdings Limited是一家开曼群岛公司,是控股公司和注册人。
  
(2)MS (HK)英属维京群岛公司Construction Engineering Limited是控股公司 我们的运营子公司。
  
(3)MS (HK)工程有限公司是一家香港公司,是我们的运营子公司之一。
  
(4)MS 工程公司,有限公司是一家香港公司,是我们的运营子公司之一。

 

发售后 (假设 出售股东根据本转售招股说明书处置全部500,000股普通股)

 

 

注:

 

(1) Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited是一家开曼群岛公司,是 控股公司和注册人。
   
(2) MS(HK)建筑工程有限公司,英属维京群岛 公司是我们运营子公司的控股公司。
   
(3) MS(HK)Engineering Limited是一家香港公司,是我们的一家 运营子公司。
   
(4) MS Engineering Co.,有限公司是一家香港公司,是我们的 运营子公司。

 

 

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企业 信息

 

我们的 该公司于2022年8月2日在开曼群岛注册成立。我们在开曼群岛的注册办事处位于Ogier Global (开曼)有限公司,大开曼群岛卡马纳湾Nexus Way 89号,邮编:KY1-9009。我们的主要行政办公室位于昌泰8楼。 香港九龙新蒲岗大有街16号工业大厦,我们的电话是+852 2370 3788。我们维持着一家公司 网址:http://ms100.com.hk/.我们的网站或任何其他网站中包含的或可从其访问的信息不构成 本招股说明书的一部分。

 

我们在美国的代理送达程序文件 位于纽约东42街122号,18楼,NY 10168,电话号码:+1(800)2221-0102。

 

因为我们是根据法律注册的 在开曼群岛,您可能会遇到保护您作为股东的利益以及保护您的权利的能力的困难 通过美国联邦法院系统可能会受到限制。请参阅标题为“风险因素”和“强制执行”的章节。 有关更多信息,请参阅《民事责任手册》。

 

含意 我们是一家“新兴成长型公司”

 

我们 是《JumpStart Our Business Startups Act》(《JOBS法案》)中定义的“新兴成长型公司”,以及 我们有资格利用适用的各种报告和财务披露要求的某些豁免。 对于其他非新兴成长型公司的上市公司,包括但不限于:(1)仅提交两年的经审计 财务报表和仅有两年的相关管理层对财务状况和经营结果的讨论和分析 在本招股说明书中,(2)不需要遵守萨班斯-奥克斯利法案第404条的审计师认证要求 2002年的《萨班斯-奥克斯利法案》(《萨班斯-奥克斯利法案》),(3)减少了我们定期报告中关于高管薪酬的披露义务 和委托书,以及(4)免除就高管薪酬和股东进行不具约束力的咨询投票的要求 批准之前未批准的任何金色降落伞付款。我们打算利用这些豁免。因此,投资者 可能会发现投资我们的普通股不那么有吸引力。

 

在……里面 此外,《就业法案》第107条还规定,新兴成长型公司可以利用延长的过渡期 证券法第7(A)(2)(B)节规定,以遵守 新的或修订的会计准则。因此,新兴成长型公司可以推迟采用某些会计准则,直到 否则,这些标准将适用于私营公司。

 

我们选择利用某些 在本招股说明书所属的注册说明书中减少的披露义务,并可选择利用 在未来的备案文件中提出了其他降低的报告要求。因此,我们向股东提供的信息可能不同 比你可能从你持有股权的其他公共报告公司获得的更多。我们可以利用这些规定 在长达五年或更早的时间里,我们不再是一家新兴的成长型公司。

 

我们选择利用我们自己的 延长实施新的或修订的财务会计准则的过渡期。

 

我们 将一直是一家新兴的成长型公司,直到(I)财政年度的最后一天,在该财年期间,我们的年度总收入 收入至少12.35亿美元亿;(Ii)本财政年度完成五周年后的最后一天 发行;(Iii)在前三年期间,我们发行了超过10美元的不可转换亿的日期 债务;或(Iv)根据交易法,我们被视为“大型加速申报人”的日期,如果非关联公司持有的我们普通股的市值超过 截至我们最近完成的第二财季的最后一个工作日,万为70000美元。一旦我们不再是一个新兴的增长 公司,我们将无权享有上述《就业法案》中规定的豁免。

 

含意 成为一家外国私人发行商

 

我们 是《交易法》规则含义内的外国私人发行人。因此,我们免受某些规定的约束 适用于美国国内上市公司。例如:

 

我们 不需要提供像美国国内的那样多的交易法报告,也不像美国国内的那样频繁 上市公司;

 

为 中期报告,我们被允许只遵守我们本国的要求, 这些规则没有适用于美国国内上市公司的规则那么严格;

 

我们 不需要在某些问题上提供相同级别的信息披露,例如高管 补偿;

 

我们 豁免受旨在防止发行人选择性地 披露重大信息;

 

我们 不需要遵守《交易法》中规范征集的条款 关于在联交所注册的证券的委托书、同意书或授权书 采取行动;以及

 

我们 不需要遵守交易法第16条要求内部人士提交 公开报告其股权和交易活动,并确立内幕责任 从任何“空头”交易中实现的利润。

 

 

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影响 成为受控公司

 

vt.在.的基础上 首次公开招股完成后,我们将成为纳斯达克股票定义的“受控公司” 市场规则,因为我们预计我们的主席兼行政总裁林志明先生将持有我们已发行股票总额的84.31%,以及 已发行普通股,,他将拥有我们全部已发行和已发行普通股的大部分,并将能够 行使我们已发行和已发行股本总投票权的84.31%,假设承销商不行使其 购买额外普通股的选择权,并假设林先生立即根据 转售招股说明书。只要我们仍然是一家“受控公司”,我们就被允许选择依赖,并可能依赖于, 关于公司治理规则的某些豁免,包括:

 

一个 免除大多数董事会成员必须是独立董事的规定;

 

一个 我们的首席执行官的薪酬必须确定的规则的豁免 或仅由独立董事推荐;以及

 

一个 豁免我们的董事提名者必须单独挑选或推荐的规则 由独立董事。

 

AS 因此,你将不会得到与受这些公司管治约束的公司的股东相同的保护。 要求。

 

虽然 我们不打算依赖纳斯达克股票市场规则下的“受控公司”豁免,我们可以选择依赖 在未来的时间里。如果我们选择依靠“受控公司”豁免,我们董事会的大多数成员 的董事可能不是独立董事,我们的提名、公司治理和薪酬委员会可能不包括 在首次公开募股完成后,完全由独立董事组成。我们的身份是“受控的 公司“可能导致我们的普通股对某些投资者的吸引力降低,或以其他方式损害我们的交易价格。作为一个 因此,投资者将得不到受该等公司管治的公司股东所享有的同等保障。 要求。请参阅标题为“风险因素--我们的大股东具有相当大的影响力”的段落。 关于我们的公司事务。

 

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的 提供

 

证券 被出价   普通 股份
     
Number 出售股东发行的普通股   500,000 股份
     
Number 本次转售发行前已发行普通股的数量   11,250,000 股份
     
Number 转售发行后将发行的普通股数量   12,750,000 股份(1),假设我们根据同时提交的公开发行招股说明书发行1,500,000股股份 在此。
     
使用 收益的比例   我们 不会收到本招股说明书中指定的出售股东出售普通股的任何收益。
     
纳斯达克 资本市场符号   城市生活垃圾
     
风险 因素   投资 我们的普通股涉及高风险,我们普通股的购买者可能会损失部分或全部投资。 请参阅标题为“风险因素”的部分,以讨论您在决定之前应该仔细考虑的因素 从第15页开始投资我们的普通股。

 

(1) 假定 我们根据与此同时提交的公开发行招股说明书发行我们的普通股,没有行使 承销商购买额外普通股以及我们将出售的所有普通股的超额配股选择权 根据本招股说明书出售的股东。

 

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总结 财务数据

 

的 以下摘要列出了截至2024年3月31日财年的合并运营报表和现金流数据, 2023年和2022年以及截至2024年、2023年和2022年3月31日的合并资产负债表汇总数据,已得出 来自本招股说明书其他地方包含的合并财务报表。您应该结合我们的阅读本节 经审计的财务报表、随附注释以及题为“管理层对财务的讨论和分析”的部分 经营状况和业绩”包含在本招股说明书的其他地方。我们的合并财务报表已编制 并按照美国公认会计原则或美国GAAP呈列。我们的合并财务报表 已准备好,就好像当前的公司结构在所列期间一直存在一样。

 

运营结果数据:

 

  

这一年的

告一段落

3月31日,

2024

  

这一年的

告一段落

3月31日,

2023

  

为 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 
                
业务费用               
一般及行政开支   (1,846,753)   (855,597)   (512,650)
总运营支出   (1,846,753)   (855,597)   (512,650)
                
营业收入   3,246,326    2,638,951    2,116,219 
                
其他收入(费用)               
利息支出,净额   (286,090)   (179,986)   (74,574)
其他收入   15,297    797,160    78,960 
其他收入合计,净额   (270,793)   617,174    4,386 
                
税前收入支出   2,975,533    3,256,125    2,120,605 
所得税费用   (648,936)   (468,889)   (317,096)
净收益和综合收益总额   2,326,597    2,787,236    1,803,509 
普通股股东应占每股净收益               
基本及摊薄   0.21    0.25    0.22 
                
用于计算每股净收益的普通股加权平均数               
基本及摊薄   11,250,000    11,250,000    8,136,986 

 

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资产负债表数据:

 

   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 
             
现金及现金等价物   1,080,514    323,958    217,792 
应收账款净额   1,643,568    3,323,520    3,769,640 
合同资产   6,098,497    3,150,729    645,877 
其他项目   20,925    117,135    551,502 
流动资产总额   8,843,504    6,915,342    5,184,811 
非流动资产总额   3,045,374    1,367,152    414,133 
总资产   11,888,878    8,282,494    5,598,944 
流动负债总额   7,741,463    6,181,579    3,959,650 
非流动负债总额   3,149,153    1,718,025    1,479,537 
总负债   10,890,616    7,899,604    5,439,187 
股东权益总额   998,262    382,890    159,757 

 

现金流量数据报表:

 

  

这一年的

告一段落

3月31日,

2024

  

这一年的

告一段落

3月31日,

2023

  

为 年度

告一段落

三月 31,

2022

 
   美元   美元   美元 
             
经营活动提供(用于)的现金   2,457,189    795,328    (151,558)
投资活动提供的现金(用于)   (1,147,262)   35,898    56,390 
用于融资活动的现金   (553,371)   (725,060)   (1,578)
现金及现金等价物净增(减)   756,556    106,166    (96,746)
截至期初的现金和现金等价物   323,958    217,792    314,538 
截至期末的现金和现金等价物   1,080,514    323,958    217,792 

 

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风险 因素

 

投资 我们的证券涉及高度风险。您应该仔细考虑以下描述的风险以及所有其他风险 在做出投资决定之前,本招股说明书中包含的信息。下文描述的风险和不确定性代表了我们的 我们业务面临的已知重大风险。如果实际发生以下任何风险,我们的业务、财务状况或结果 运营可能会受到影响。在这种情况下,您可能会失去全部或部分投资。您不应该投资此产品,除非您 可以承受失去您的全部投资。

 

风险 与我们的公司结构相关

 

我们 依靠运营子公司支付的股息和其他股权分配来资助我们的任何现金和融资需求 可能产生,并且对运营子公司向我们付款的能力的任何限制都可能产生重大不利影响 我们开展业务的能力。未来,资金可能无法用于资助运营或在香港以外的其他用途 由于中国政府对我们或我们的子公司转移现金的能力施加限制和限制。

 

明 盛集团控股有限公司是一家控股公司,我们依赖运营子公司支付的股息和其他股权分配 满足我们的现金和融资需求,包括向股东支付股息和其他现金分配所需的资金 并偿还我们可能产生的任何债务。我们预计在可预见的未来不会支付现金股息。我们预计我们将保留 任何收入来支持运营并为我们业务的增长和发展提供资金。如果任何运营子公司发生 未来代表其自身债务,管理债务的工具可能会限制其支付股息或进行其他分配的能力 对我们请参阅标题为“股息政策”的部分了解更多信息。

 

根据 根据《2004年英属维尔京群岛商业公司法》(经修订),英属维尔京群岛公司可以在以下范围内进行股息分配 分配后,该公司的负债不超过其资产,并且该公司有能力支付其 到期的债务。根据香港《公司条例》,香港公司只能从利润中进行分配 可供分发。根据香港税务局的现行做法,香港无需缴税 关于我们支付的股息。对我们香港子公司支付股息或进行其他分配的能力的任何限制 对我们来说可能会在重大和不利的情况下限制我们的增长、进行可能对我们业务有利的投资或收购的能力, 支付股息,或以其他方式资助和开展我们的业务。

 

在现行税务局的做法下 作为香港分部,本公司派发的股息在香港无须缴税。请参阅“税务-香港税务”。 中国法律和法规目前对明晟集团控股有限公司向 我们的营运附属公司或我们的营运附属公司向明晟集团控股有限公司、我们的股东及美国投资者转让。然而, 未来,中国政府可能会对我们将资金转移出香港、分发资金的能力施加限制或限制 向我们组织内的其他实体支付收益和支付股息,或对我们香港以外的业务进行再投资。 这些限制和限制,如日后实施,可能会延误或阻碍我们把业务扩展至香港以外的地区。 并可能影响我们从香港营运附属公司收取资金的能力。颁布新的法律或法规, 或对现有法律和法规的新解释,在每一种情况下,限制或以其他方式不利影响能力或 我们经营业务的方式,可能需要我们改变业务的某些方面以确保合规性,这可能会减少需求 对于我们的服务,减少收入,增加成本,要求我们获得更多的许可证,许可证,批准或证书,或主题 美国将承担额外的债务。在需要实施任何新的或更严格的措施的范围内,我们的业务、金融 运营的条件和结果可能会受到不利影响,这种测量可能会大幅降低我们的普通股价值 股票,可能会让它们一文不值。

 

最近,中国政府发起了一系列 监管中国大陆某些地区的业务运营的监管行动和声明,包括打击非法 证券市场活动,加强对利用可变利率在境外上市的中国内地公司的监管 实体结构,采取新措施扩大网络安全审查范围,扩大反垄断执法力度。 未来,我们可能会遵守与我们的运营子公司当前业务运营相关的中国法律法规 此类法律法规和解释的任何变化都可能会损害我们盈利运营的能力,这可能会导致 对我们的运营和/或我们普通股的价值产生重大负面影响。

 

尽管我们对我们的运营拥有直接所有权 在香港的实体,目前没有或打算有任何附属公司或任何合约安排,以建立VIE结构 对于大陆的任何实体中国,我们仍然面临与我们的运营子公司相关的某些法律和运营风险, 总部设在香港,迄今所有业务都在香港。此外,相关的法律和操作风险 在内地中国也可能适用于在香港的业务,我们面临著与复杂和不确定相关的风险和不确定因素 关于不断演变的中国法律和法规,以及最近中国政府的声明和监管发展是否以及如何,例如 那些与数据和网路空间安全以及反垄断担忧有关的规定将适用于我们的运营子公司等公司 和明晟集团控股有限公司,鉴于我们在香港和中国政府的运营子公司的大量业务 可对在香港进行的业务进行重大监督。如果我们或我们的运营子公司 要受中国法律法规的约束,我们可能会产生物质成本以确保合规,我们或我们的运营子公司 可能会被处以罚款、有经验的证券评估或退市,不再被允许向外国公司进行股票发行 投资者,和/或不再被允许继续目前进行的业务运营。我们的组织结构包括 投资者面临风险,中国监管机构可能不允许这种结构,这可能会导致实质性的变化 和/或我们普通股价值的重大变化,包括 这类事件可能会导致此类证券的价值大幅缩水或变得一文不值。此外,还有很大的不确定性。 关于中国法律法规的解释和适用,包括但不限于相关的法律法规 在某些情况下,对我们的业务以及我们与客户之间的安排的执行和履行。法律法规 可能会受到未来变化的影响,其官方解释和执行可能涉及很大的不确定性。其有效性 对新颁布的法律或法规的解释,包括对现有法律和法规的修订,可能会推迟,我们的 如果我们依赖法律和法规,而这些法律和法规后来被采纳或解释为不同于 我们对这些法律法规的理解。我们无法预测对现有或新的中国法律或法规的解释会产生什么影响。 可能会影响我们的生意。

 

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We may become subject to a variety of PRC laws and other obligations regarding M&A Rules, the Trial Measures and data security, and any failure to comply with applicable laws and obligations could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

The Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Companies by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rules, adopted by six PRC regulatory agencies in 2006 and amended in 2009, requires an overseas special purpose vehicle formed for listing purposes through acquisitions of domestic companies in mainland China and controlled by companies or individuals of mainland China to obtain the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose vehicle’s securities on an overseas stock exchange. In addition, on December 24, 2021, the CSRC released the Administrative Regulations of the State Council Concerning the Oversea Issuance of Security and Listing by Domestic Enterprise (Draft for Comments) (the “Draft Administrative Regulations”) and the Measures for the Overseas Issuance of Securities and Listing Record-Filings by Domestic Enterprises (Draft for Comments) (the “Draft Filing Measures”), collectively the “Draft Rules on Overseas Listing”, for public opinion.

 

Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited is a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with operating entities based in Hong Kong, as of the date of this prospectus, we have no subsidiary, VIE structure or any direct operations in mainland China, nor do we intend to have any subsidiary or VIE structure or to acquire any equity interests in any domestic companies in mainland China, and we are not controlled by any companies or individuals of mainland China. Further, we are headquartered in Hong Kong, with our chief executive officer, chief financial officer and all members of the board of directors of Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited are based in Hong Kong are not mainland China citizens and all of our revenues and profits are generated by our subsidiaries in Hong Kong and we have not generated any revenues or profits in mainland China. Additionally, we do not intend to operate in mainland China in the foreseeable future. As such, we do not believe we would be subject to the M&A Rules, or would be required to file with the CSRC under the Trial Measures. Moreover, pursuant to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, or the Basic Law, PRC laws and regulations shall not be applied in Hong Kong except for those listed in Annex III of the Basic Law (which is confined to laws relating to national defense, foreign affairs and other matters that are not within the scope of autonomy).Therefore, as confirmed by our PRC counsel, Chinese Commercial Law Firm, as of the date of this prospectus, the CSRC’s approval or review is not required for the listing and trading of our Ordinary Shares in the U.S. exchange as provided under the M&A Rules and the Trial Measures.

 

We are aware that, recently, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in certain areas in mainland China, including a cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over mainland China-based companies listed overseas using the variable interest entity structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. For example, on July 6, 2021,the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued a document to crack down on illegal activities in the securities market and promote the high-quality development of the capital market, which, among other things, requires the relevant governmental authorities to strengthen cross-border oversight of law-enforcement and judicial cooperation, to enhance supervision over mainland China-based companies listed overseas, and to establish and improve the system of extraterritorial application of the PRC securities laws.

 

此外,在2021年12月28日,该措施 于2022年2月15日公布并生效,除其他事项外,还要求 关键资讯基础设施“,任何”数据处理器“控制的个人资讯不少于一个 寻求在外国证券交易所上市的100万用户也应接受网路安全审查,并进一步详细说明 关于在评估有关活动的国家安全风险时应考虑的因素。《办法》的公布 表明CAC对数据安全进行了更严格的监督,这可能会影响我们的业务和未来的产品。截至日期 在本次招股说明书中,我们的香港运营子公司没有任何内地中国个人作为客户。然而,我们的运营 子公司可能会收集和存储其客户的某些数据(包括某些个人资讯),以用于“了解您的客户” 目的,未来可能包括大陆中国个人。截至本招股说明书发布之日,经我们的中国律师确认, 中国商事律师事务所,我们预计这些措施不会对我们的业务、运营或此次发行产生影响 或我们在香港经营的附属公司须符合CAC或任何其他须批准的政府机构的许可要求 我们的子公司的运营,因为我们不相信我们将被视为“关键资讯基础设施的运营商” 或控制不少于一百万用户的个人资讯的“数据处理器”,这些用户需要提交网路安全申请 目前只为香港本地市场服务,我们目前在内地没有业务中国;。(Ii)我们没有,也没有打算。 在内地没有任何子公司,也没有或打算与任何实体建立VIE结构中国,措施继续 不清楚它们是否适用于我们这样的公司;(Iii)截至本招股说明书日期,我们既没有收集也没有存储 任何内地中国个人或在内地中国的个人资料,我们也不委托或期望被任何人委托 个人或单位从事任何内地中国个人或内地中国境内的任何资料处理活动;。(Iv)自 于本招股说明书日期,吾等并未获任何中国政府当局通知任何有关吾等必须申请网路安全的要求。 (V)根据《香港特别行政区基本法》或《基本法》、《中华人民共和国法律法规》进行检讨; 不适用于香港,但《基本法》附件三所列者除外(仅限于与国家有关的法律 国防、外交和其他不在自治范围内的事项)。然而,仍然存在很大的不确定性。 解释和执行相关的中国网路安全法律法规。如果我们被认为是“操作者” 关键资讯基础设施“或”数据处理器“控制个人资讯不少于一个 百万用户,或与本办法相关的其他法规被视为适用于我们、我们子公司的业务 我们的运营和普通股在美国的上市可能受到CAC的网路安全审查,或者我们和我们的子公司 可能由CAC或任何其他需要批准我们子公司运营的政府机构的许可涵盖 在未来。 行政法规制定机构将对哪些现有或新的法律、法规或具体实施和解释作出回应 将被修改或颁布(如果有的话)。这种修改或新的法律和法规的潜在影响也仍然高度不确定 将对我们子公司的日常业务运营、其接受外资的能力和我们普通的上市公司产生影响 在美国或其他外国交易所上市的股票。如果发生上述任何一种或全部情况,可能会显著限制或完全阻碍

 

在……上面 2023年2月17日,证监会发布《境内公司境外发行上市试行管理办法》, 或试行办法,及五项配套指引,于2023年3月31日起施行。根据《试行办法》, 寻求在海外直接或间接发行或上市的境内公司,应履行备案程序。 并向中国证监会报告相关信息。但是,试行办法自新颁布以来,其解释、适用 而执法情况仍不明朗。本次发行需要按照试行办法向中国证监会备案的 如本公司日后进行招股、上市或任何其他集资活动,本公司能否完成备案程序尚不确定。 及时地,或者根本不是。任何未能完成此类备案的情况都可能使我们受到监管行动或来自 中国证监会或其他中国监管机构。这些监管机构可能会对我们在中国的业务处以罚款和处罚,限制我们的 在中国境外分红的能力,限制我们在中国的经营特权,推迟或者限制收益的汇回 从境外向中国提供证券或采取其他可能对我们的业务产生实质性不利影响的行为,金融 经营状况、经营结果和前景,以及我们普通股的交易价格。

 

在……上面 2023年2月24日,中国证监会、财政部、国家秘密保护和国家档案局 中国局联合发布《关于加强境外保密和档案管理的规定》 《境内企业发行上市证券或保密规定》,自3月3日起施行 2023年3月31日。保密规定要求,除其他事项外,(1)进行境外发行的境内公司,以及 直接和间接上市都要建立健全保密和档案管理制度,并采取必要的措施 履行保密和档案管理义务的措施;(2)国内公司计划直接或 或通过其境外上市实体,向包括证券公司在内的有关个人或实体公开披露或提供, 证券服务提供者和境外监管机构,任何包含国家秘密或政府工作秘密的文件和资料 代理机构,应当依法报经主管部门批准,并报保密行政主管部门备案 (三)境内公司拟直接或通过其境外上市机构公开披露 或者向证券公司、证券服务商、境外监管机构等有关个人和单位提供, 泄露其他有损国家安全或者公共利益的文件、资料的,应当严格履行 国家有关法规规定的有关程序;(四)境内公司履行有关程序后, 向证券公司、证券服务提供者和其他实体提供任何含有国家 国家机关秘密、工作秘密或者其他危害国家安全的文件、资料 或公共利益如果被泄露,信息的提供者和接受者应当签署保密协议; 境内公司、证券公司或者证券服务提供者发现泄露或者可能泄露国家秘密的, 泄露国家机关工作秘密或者其他危害国家安全的文件、资料 或者公共利益的,应当立即采取补救措施,并向有关国家机关和单位报告。

 

截至本招股说明书日期,我们获悉 由香港律师David Fong & Co.负责,我们无需获得香港当局的许可或批准即可提供 向外国投资者注册的证券。如果适用法律、法规或解释发生任何变化, 并且我们或我们的任何子公司未来需要获得此类许可或批准,我们将努力遵守 然后是适用的法律、法规或解释。

 

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我们的中国法律顾问中国商业 律师事务所,基于他们对中国现行法律法规的理解,截至本招股说明书之日, 我们或我们的运营子公司,均受并购规则、试行办法、保密条款、办法的约束 或中国证监会或中国民航总局截至招股说明书发布之日已出台的规定或政策,目前也不包括 根据中国证监会、中国民航总局或任何其他需要批准我们在香港上市的中国政府机构的许可要求 美国证券交易所和发行证券。因此,基于前述,由于我们不受发布的法规或政策的约束 到目前为止,CAC认为我们目前不需要遵守CAC发布的此类法规和政策 截至本招股说明书发布之日。此外,截至招股说明书日期,我们和我们的运营子公司都没有申请 对于任何此类许可或批准,由于我们目前不受并购规则或由 CAC.尽管有上述意见,我们的中国法律顾问进一步建议我们,并购规则如何存在不确定性 试行办法和保密规定将由中国监管机构及其意见负责解释和实施 以上概述受任何新的法律、规则和条例或任何形式的详细实施和解释的约束 关于并购规则、试行办法和保密条款的规定。如果中国证监会或其他中国监管机构随后 如果确定我们的发行需要事先获得中国证监会的批准,我们可能面临中国证监会的监管行动或其他制裁,或者 其他中国监管机构。此外,如果适用的法律、法规或解释发生重大变化, 这要求我们在并购规则、试行办法等方面获得中国证监会或其他中国监管机构的批准 以及未来任何阶段的保密条款,包括但不限于本次发行完成后的保密条款,以及 如果在这种情况下,我们或我们的香港子公司(I)没有收到或维持批准,(Ii)无意中得出这样的结论 不需要许可或批准,(Iii)如果适用法律,需要在未来获得此类许可或批准, 法规或解释更改,或(Iv)被中国证监会或任何其他中国监管机构拒绝许可,我们将 不能将我们的普通股在美国交易所上市,或继续向投资者提供证券,这将对 投资者的利益,导致普通股的价值大幅下降或一文不值。

 

我们几乎所有的运营子公司 业务在香港进行。然而,由于现行中华人民共和国法律法规的长臂条款,中国 政府可以对此类业务的开展行使重大监督和自由裁量权,并可以在任何情况下影响此类业务 时间,这可能导致运营子公司的运营和/或我们普通股的价值发生重大变化。 中国政府还可能对我们将资金转出香港以分配盈利和支付股息的能力施加限制 或对我们在香港以外的业务进行再投资。政策、法规、规则和法律执行的变化 中国政府也可能很快发生,我们对中国法律和监管体系带来的风险的断言和信念不能 一定要确定。

 

最近,中国政府发起了一系列 监管行动和声明,以规范内地某些地区的商业经营中国,包括打击 证券市场违法违规行为,加强对内地中国境外上市公司的监管 利益主体结构,采取新措施扩大网络安全审查范围,扩大反垄断力度 执法部门。鉴于中国政府最近的声明表明有意对股票发行施加更多监督和控制 境外和/或外国投资于内地中国的发行人,任何此类行动都可能显著限制或完全限制 妨碍我们向投资者提供或继续提供证券的能力,并导致此类证券大幅下跌或一文不值。 此外,对海外进行的发售和/或影响我们在香港的子公司的外国投资的任何进一步控制 香港政府可能会导致我们的运营子公司的运营、财务业绩和/或 我们普通股的价值或削弱我们筹集资金的能力。

 

如果中国政府选择延长 对海外进行的发行和/或外国投资于中国大陆发行人对香港发行人的监督和控制 发行人,此类行动可能会严重限制或完全阻碍我们向投资者提供或继续提供普通股的能力 并导致我们普通股的价值大幅下降或一文不值。

 

中国最近的声明、法律和法规 政府,包括《网络安全审查办法》、《中华人民共和国个人信息保护法》和《试行办法》 已表示打算对海外和/或外国投资进行更多监督和控制 在中国大陆发行人中。我们可能需要获得中国监管机构的批准或审查才能推出该产品。 中国政府未来扩大外国证券发行所涉及的行业和公司类别的任何行动 接受中国证监会审查可能会严重限制或完全阻碍我们向投资者提供或继续提供证券的能力 并可能导致此类证券的价值大幅下降或一文不值。

 

与我们的商业和工业有关的风险

 

我们 业绩取决于市场状况和湿贸易行业的趋势以及是否出现任何放缓(就交易而言 由于香港房地产市场的量和价格),香港的湿贸易工程项目的供应量可能会大幅减少。

 

为 截至2024年、2023年和2022年3月31日的财年,我们的大部分收入来自香港的湿贸易工程。 湿工工程行业的未来发展和香港湿工工程项目的供应很大程度上取决于 有关香港房地产市场的持续发展。可用的湿贸易工程项目的性质、范围和时间安排 将取决于多种因素的相互作用,包括政府对香港房地产市场的政策 香港、土地供应和公共住房政策、房地产开发商的投资以及香港的概况和前景 香港的经济。这些因素可能会影响香港潮湿行业工程项目的供应。

 

如果 如果香港房地产市场(就交易量和价格而言)出现放缓,我们无法保证 香港的湿贸易工程项目供应量不会大幅减少,我们的业务和财务状况及前景 可能会受到不利和重大影响。

 

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我们 收入主要来自非经常性项目,无法保证我们的客户会为我们提供 与新业务。

 

我们 收入通常来自非经常性项目,我们的客户没有义务授予项目 对我们在截至2024年3月31日、2023年和2022年3月31日的财年,我们主要通过招标获得新业务 由客户。无法保证我们将来能够获得新合同。因此,数量和规模 项目和我们能够从中获得的收入金额可能因时期而异,并且可能很困难 预测未来业务量。如果我们未能获得新合同或合同大幅下降 未来可供投标的招标或合同数量、我们的业务、财务状况和前景可能 受到重大不利影响。

 

我们 收入成本历来波动。如果我们的收入成本出现任何显着增加,我们的毛利率可能会 减少,我们的业务运营和财务状况可能会受到重大不利影响。

 

我们 收入通常来自项目,每个合同金额参考制定的投标价格确定 基于我们估计成本的一定加价。我们服务的定价根据具体情况确定,并取决于 各种因素,通常包括(i)服务范围;(ii)分包服务类型的价格趋势, 以及所需的材料和工具;(iii)项目的复杂性和地点;(iv)估计数量和类型 所需设备的数量;(v)客户要求的完成时间;以及(vi)人力和财政资源的可用性。 我们将不时审查成本预算。如果实际成本高于最初预算,可能会降低我们的利润率 并影响我们的财务表现。如果我们未能将成本控制在初始预算内,我们的业务运营和财务结果 可能会受到不利影响。

 

的 已完成工作的实际总价值可能与我们与客户的合同中规定的原始估计合同金额不同。

 

我们的 在项目实施期间,客户可以通过以下方式要求增加、减少或更改超出合同范围的工程 向我们下变更订单。我们可以从项目中获得的总收入可能不同于 由于我们的客户下了变更订单,相关合同中规定的原始估计合同金额。因此,有 不能保证最终与客户商定的费用和收费金额足以收回所产生的成本 或为我们提供合理的利润率,或从我们的项目中获得的收入金额不会有实质性的差异 我们的财政状况可能会受到不利影响。 由于订单变更导致我们的收入减少,尽管公司会定期审查我们项目的状况。 因此,我们不能保证我们未来的收入和利润率将保持在与记录相当的水平 在截至2024年3月31日、2023年和2022年3月31日的财政年度内。

 

任何 重大不准确的成本估计或成本超支可能会对我们的财务业绩产生不利影响。

 

当 在确定投标价格时,我们的管理层将考虑到(i)范围来估计项目涉及的时间和成本 工程;(ii)分包服务类型以及所需材料的价格趋势;(iii)复杂性和地点 项目的;(iv)所需设备的估计数量和类型;(v)客户要求的完成时间;和(vi) 我们的劳动力和财政资源的可用性。

 

那里 并不保证我们项目执行期间发生的实际时间和成本不会超过我们的估计。 完成项目的实际时间和成本可能会受到许多因素的不利影响,包括不可预见的 现场条件、恶劣的天气条件、事故、我们分包商的不履行、成本意外大幅增加 同意由我们承担的材料数量、我们的客户要求的整改工程量意外增加以及其他 不可预见的问题和情况。对项目涉及的时间和成本的任何重大不准确估计都可能导致 工程完工延迟和/或成本超支,这反过来可能会对我们的财务状况、盈利能力产生重大不利影响 和流动性。我们通常承担项目延误和成本超支的风险,而且我们通常无法转嫁这些成本 致我们的客户。

 

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如果 我们不遵守某些法律,可能会被暂停或禁止签约,这可能会产生重大不利影响 关于我们的生意。

 

各种 我们的运营所遵守的法规,例如《工厂及工业经营条例》(第32章)。香港法律第59条)、 建筑工地(安全)法规(第32章)香港法律第59 I条)、工厂及工业企业(安全主任及 安全监督员)法规(第12章香港法律第59 Z条)、《工厂及工业经营(安全管理)规则》 (大写。香港法律第59 AF章)和《职业安全及健康条例》(第59 AF章)。香港法律第509条),涉及 施工过程中的健康和安全以及各种其他法规规定了酌情暂停和/或禁止 在某些情况下。

 

的 任何暂停或禁止的范围和持续时间可能会根据特定案件的事实以及法定或监管而有所不同 禁止入境的理由。任何暂停或禁止签约将对我们的财务状况、结果产生重大不利影响 运营或流动性的。

 

不满意 我们分包商的表现或分包商的不可用可能会对我们的运营和盈利能力产生不利影响。

 

我们 注重项目管理和监督在项目实施中的作用,我们一般聘请分包商履行 工地的一部分在我们的监督下工作。为了控制和确保我们分包商的工程质量和进度, 我们根据分包商的服务质量、资质、技能和技术、现行市场价格、交货期来选择分包商。 时间,资源的可用性,以满足我们的要求和声誉。不能保证我们分包商的工作质量 总能满足我们的要求。我们可能会受到分包商不履行、不适当或质量不佳的工程的影响。 此类事件可能会影响我们的盈利能力、财务表现和声誉。此外,不能保证我们会 总是能够在需要时从合适的分包商那里获得服务,或者能够协商出可接受的费用和服务条款 与分包商合作。在这种情况下,我们的运营和财务状况可能会受到不利影响。

 

在 如果我们的分包商未能遵守客户提出的安全指南和其他要求,我们可能会承担责任 向我们的客户支付他们产生的费用和罚款。尽管我们有权获得分包商的补偿 对于分包协议下的此类处罚,我们可能无法向此类分包商索赔以维持 与我们的主要分包商建立稳定的关系。在这种情况下,我们可能会承担我们的额外费用和罚款 分包商未能遵守我们客户施加的安全程序和其他要求。

 

我们 依赖第三方供应材料来运营我们的业务。

 

我们 从我们的供应商购买材料以提供我们的服务。来自我们供应商的主要材料类型包括 波特兰水泥、水硬性石灰、混凝土块、集料和沙子。我们无法向您保证我们良好的工作关系 未来将继续与我们的供应商合作。此外,我们的行业历史上也曾出现过供应短缺的时期。

 

的 无法购买材料可能会严重影响我们的业务。如果我们的供应商遇到价格上涨或中断 业务,例如劳资纠纷、供应短缺或分销问题、我们的业务、财务状况、运营结果、 流动性和现金流可能会受到重大不利影响。

 

我们 可能无法在我们竞争激烈的行业中进行有利的竞争。

 

一些 我们的竞争对手可能具有一定的优势,包括但不限于具有悠久的经营历史、更好的融资能力 以及发达的技术专业知识。新参与者可能希望进入该行业,前提是他们拥有适当的技能, 当地经验、必要的设备、资本,并且获得相关监管机构授予必要的许可或批准。 竞争的任何显着加剧都可能导致营业利润率下降和市场份额损失,这可能会对我们的 盈利能力和经营业绩。

 

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期间 截至2024年3月31日、2023年和2022年3月31日的财年,我们的五大客户占我们的很大一部分 总营收

 

一 我们收入的很大一部分来自有限数量的客户。我们本财年的五大客户结束 2024年、2023年和2022年3月31日分别占我们相应收入的91.7%、93.4%和92.8% 分别是时期。特别是,我们的一位顶级客户贡献了我们约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日的财年总收入。我们的客户逐个项目参与其中 基础无法保证我们未来将继续从主要客户获得合同。是否存在显著 主要客户授予的项目数量减少,无法获得同等规模的合适项目 以及其他客户的替代品数量,我们的财务状况和经营业绩将受到重大不利影响。

 

环境, 健康和安全法律和法规以及此类法律和法规的任何变更或由此产生的责任可能会产生重大影响 对我们的财务状况、运营业绩和流动性产生不利影响。

 

我们 运营受到严格而复杂的法律和法规的约束,管理物质排入环境、健康 以及我们运营的安全方面或与环境保护相关的其他方面。这些法律和法规可能会施加许多 适用于我们运营的义务,包括:在开展受监管的活动之前获得许可证或其他批准; 对可以释放到环境中的物质的类型、数量和浓度的限制;限制或 禁止在荒野、湿地和其他保护区内的某些土地上进行活动;具体的适用 解决工人保护的健康和安全标准;并对我们造成的污染承担重大责任 运营

 

一 许多政府当局有权强制遵守这些法律和法规以及根据其颁发的许可证。 此类执法行动通常涉及困难且代价高昂的合规措施或纠正行动。未能遵守这些法律 和法规可能会导致对制裁的评估,包括行政、民事或刑事处罚、自然资源损害, 施加调查或补救义务,以及发布限制或禁止我们部分或全部业务的命令。 此外,我们可能会在获得或无法获得所需许可时遇到延误,这可能会延迟或中断我们的运营 并限制我们的增长和收入。

 

某些 环境法规定严格责任(,无需证明「过错」)或承担共同责任 补救和恢复储存或释放危险物质、碳氢化合物或固体废物的场所所需的费用。 我们可能被要求对我们或第三方设施当前或以前拥有或运营的受污染的财产进行补救, 收到我们运营产生的废物,无论此类污染是否由他人行为或后果造成 我们自己的行动在采取这些行动时是否符合所有适用法律。此外,存在 我们拥有、租赁或运营的房产的污染可能会导致运营成本增加或限制我们的能力 按预期使用这些属性。

 

在 在某些情况下,如果我们不遵守环境规定,公民团体也有能力对我们提起法律诉讼 法律或挑战我们获得运营所需的环境许可证的能力。此外,对人身或人身损害的索赔 财产(包括自然资源)可能源于我们的运营对环境、健康和安全的影响。我们的保险 可能无法承保所有环境风险和成本,或者如果针对我们提出环境索赔,可能无法提供足够的承保范围。 此外,近年来,公众对保护环境的兴趣急剧增加。更加扩张和严格的趋势 适用于我们行业的环境立法和法规可能会继续下去,导致开展业务的成本增加, 从而影响盈利能力。

 

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我们 可能无法有效实施我们的业务计划以实现未来的增长。

 

我们的 扩展计划是基于对香港和香港湿货行业市场前景的前瞻性评估。 不能保证这样的评估将被证明总是正确的,或者它将能够按计划发展我们的业务。扩展 计划可能会受到一些我们无法控制的因素的影响。这些因素包括但不限于经济状况的变化。 在香港,湿货行业的供求变化、工程服务及与湿货行业有关的政府法规 工业界。我们未来的增长有赖于我们有能力改善我们的行政、技术和运营基础设施。AS 随著业务的扩大,我们在管理业务时可能会遇到一系列困难,例如:(一)产生足够的 内部流动资金或为资本需求获得外部融资,以及(2)分配其资源和管理其关系 拥有越来越多的客户、供应商和其他业务伙伴。不能保证未来的增长会成为现实。 或者我们将能够有效地管理未来的增长,如果做不到这一点,将对我们的业务产生实质性的不利影响, 财务状况和经营业绩。

 

我们 持续的成功需要我们在竞争激烈的行业中雇用、培训和留住合格的人员和分包商。

 

的 我们业务的成功取决于我们吸引、培训和留住合格、可靠的人员的能力,包括但不限于 致我们的行政人员和主要管理人员,例如林启明先生。此外,我们业务的成功运营 取决于拥有必要和所需经验的项目管理人员、其他员工和合格分包商 和专业知识,以及谁将以合理且有竞争力的价格提供各自的服务。这些和其他经验丰富的竞争 人员紧张。因此,可能很难吸引和留住具有必要专业知识和能力的合格个人 我们客户要求的时间表。

 

在 此外,提供服务的成本,包括我们利用劳动力的程度,会影响我们的盈利能力。为 例如,合同授予时间的不确定性可能会给我们的员工规模与合同相匹配带来困难。如果是预期 合同授予被推迟或未收到,我们可能会因员工过剩或设施冗余而产生成本,这些设施可能会导致 对我们的业务、财务状况和运营运绩产生重大不利影响。

 

失败 可靠、及时地完成我们的项目可能会对我们的声誉、财务业绩产生重大影响,或者可能会受到 我们索赔。

 

的 与客户签订的合同通常包含违约金条款,根据该条款,我们有责任向我们的客户支付违约金 如果我们无法在合同规定的时间内交付或执行合同工程,则向客户提供赔偿。违约金 一般按每天固定金额确定。

 

延迟 由于各种不可预见的因素,例如人力短缺、分包商的延误、工业 事故和材料交付延误。如果我们在项目完成方面出现任何延误,我们可能有责任付款 合同项下的违约金。我们无法保证我们现有和未来的项目不会出现任何延误 与违约金相关的索赔,这反过来又将对我们的声誉、业务、财务状况产生不利影响 和运营结果。

 

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我们 运营受到可能导致人身伤害或财产损失的特殊危险,使我们承担责任和可能的 保险可能不承保的损失。

 

操作 我们业务中固有的危险(其中一些可能超出了我们的控制范围)可能会导致人身伤害和生命损失、损害或 财产、厂房和设备的破坏以及环境的破坏。我们按金额和风险维持保险范围 我们认为符合行业实践,但该保险可能不足以或无法涵盖所有损失或责任 我们在运营中可能发生的情况。

 

我们 保险单有不同水平的免赔额。我们的免赔额以内的损失是根据我们的估计累积的 已发生索赔的最终责任以及已发生但未报告的索赔的估计。然而,须保险的责任 由于未知因素,包括伤害的严重程度、我们责任的确定比例等,很难估计 向其他各方提供未报告事件的数量以及我们安全计划的有效性。如果我们要体验保险 索赔或成本超出我们的估计,我们可能需要使用营运资金来满足这些索赔,而不是使用营运资金 维持或扩大我们的运营。

 

某些 本招股说明书中的数据和信息来自第三方来源,未经我们独立验证。

 

我们 已聘请Frost & Sullivan委托编写一份分析香港建筑业的行业报告。信息 与香港建筑业相关的数据来自Frost & Sullivan的行业报告。统计 Frost & Sullivan报告中包含的数据还包括基于许多假设的预测。建筑业 可能不会按照市场数据预测的速度增长,甚至根本不会增长。香港建筑业未能按预期增长 利率可能会对我们的业务和普通股的市场价格产生重大不利影响。此外,如果有任何一个或多个 市场数据的假设后来被发现不正确,实际结果可能与基于 这些假设。

 

我们 尚未独立验证Frost & Sullivan报告或任何第三方出版物中包含的数据和信息 以及Frost & Sullivan在编写报告时所依赖的报告。此类第三方出版物中包含的数据和信息 并且可能会使用第三方方法收集报告,该方法可能与我们使用的数据收集方法不同。此外, 这些行业出版物和报告通常表明其中包含的信息被认为是可靠的,但确实 不保证此类信息的准确性和完整性。

 

我们 未来可能需要筹集额外资本用于运营资本、资本支出和/或收购,但我们可能无法 以优惠条件或根本不这样做,这将损害我们运营运务或实现增长目标的能力。

 

我们 持续产生现金的能力对于为我们的持续运营提供资金、进行收购和偿还债务至关重要。 现有现金余额和运营现金流以及借贷能力不足以进行投资 或收购或提供所需的运营资金,我们可能需要其他来源的额外融资。我们获得这样的能力 未来的额外融资将部分取决于当前的资本市场状况以及我们的业务状况 经营结果。这些因素可能会影响我们以我们可以接受的条款安排额外融资的努力。

 

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.

 

We are subject to the requirement that we maintain internal controls and that management perform periodic evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal controls. Effective internal control over financial reporting is important to prevent fraud. As a result, our business, our financial condition, results of operations and prospects, as well as the market for and trading price of our Ordinary Shares, may be materially and adversely affected if we do not have effective internal controls. Before the initial public offering, we were a private company with limited resources. As a result, we may not discover any problems in a timely manner and current and potential shareholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which would harm the business of the Operating Subsidiaries and the trading price of our Ordinary Shares. The absence of internal controls over financial reporting may inhibit investors from purchasing our Ordinary Shares and may make it more difficult for us to raise funds in a debt or equity financing.

 

额外 未来可能会发现重大弱点或重大缺陷。如果我们发现此类问题或无法生产 准确及时的财务报表,我们的普通股价格可能会下跌,我们可能无法维持与纳斯达克的合规性 上市规则。

 

我们 面临与我们的贸易应收帐款和合同资产的可收回性相关的信用风险。

 

一 合同资产代表我们向客户收取对价的权利,以换取我们已转让的湿贸易工程的提供 对客户来说这还不是无条件的。当我们根据相关合同提供湿贸易工程时,就会产生合同资产 但工程尚未得到建筑师、工料测量师或客户和/或我们任命的其他代表的认证 付款权仍然取决于时间流逝以外的因素。之前确认为合同资产的任何金额均为 当我们的付款权随著时间的推移而成为无条件时,重新分类为贸易应收帐款。

 

那里 不保证我们能够就根据付款条款完成的服务向所有或任何部分合同资产收取费用 并且无法保证我们的客户将及时并在 相应地充满。此外,无法保证我们的客户会按时全额结算我们的发票。的情况下 我们无法在付款期限内或根本无法收回大部分贸易应收帐款、现金流和财务 职位将受到不利影响。收取我们大部分贸易应收帐款和合同资产时有任何困难 可能会对我们的现金流和财务状况产生重大不利影响。

 

我们 是一家控股公司,其运营现金的主要来源是从我们的运营子公司收到的收入。

 

我们 取决于我们的运营子公司产生的收入来对股份进行分配和股息。的量 我们的运营子公司可能向我们支付的分配和股息(如果有的话)将取决于许多因素,包括 此类子公司的经营运绩和财务状况、适用法律规定的股息限制、其宪法 文件、管辖任何债务的文件以及可能超出我们控制范围的其他因素。如果我们的运营子公司这样做 如果无法产生足够的现金流,我们可能无法对股份进行分配和股息。

 

我们 大股东对我们的公司事务具有相当大的影响力。

 

先生。 我们已发行和已发行普通股的发行后基准,假设承销商不行使购买选择权 增加普通股及假设林先生根据回售招股章程立即出售全部500,000股普通股。 林志明先生将在需要股东批准的公司事务上拥有相当大的影响力,并将独立控制 公司的运作,包括但不限于选举董事和批准重大合并、收购或其他 企业合并交易记录。这种集中控制将限制你影响公司事务的能力,还可能会阻碍 其他人不得进行任何潜在的合并、接管或其他控制权变更交易,这可能会导致 我们普通股的持有者有机会以高于当前市场价格的溢价出售他们的股票。

 

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我们 大股东可能与我们存在潜在利益冲突,这可能会对我们的业务产生重大不利影响, 财务状况。

 

因为 我们的大股东对我们的公司事务具有相当大的影响力,他的利益可能与 我们公司的整体利益。例如,股东可以任命没有必要经验的董事和管理层, 由于他们的隶属关系或忠诚度,因此无法正确管理我们的公司,此类行为可能会对我们的公司造成重大不利影响 影响我们的业务和财务状况。目前,我们没有任何安排来解决双方之间潜在的利益冲突 股东和我们的公司。如果我们无法解决我们与股东之间的任何利益冲突或纠纷,我们会 不得不依赖法律诉讼,这可能会扰乱我们的业务,并使我们对任何诉讼的结果面临重大不确定性 这样的法律诉讼。

 

如果 我们未能有效且具有成本效益地宣传和维护我们的品牌,我们的业务和运营成果可能会受到损害。

 

我们 相信有效地发展和保持我们品牌的知名度对于吸引新客户和留住现有客户至关重要。 我们品牌的成功推广和吸引客户的能力在很大程度上取决于我们营销工作的有效性, 我们用于推广服务的渠道的成功。我们未来的营销工作可能需要我们承担额外的费用。 这些努力可能不会在不久的将来或根本不会导致收入增加,即使确实如此,收入的任何增加都可能 不抵消产生的费用。如果我们未能成功推广和维护我们的品牌,同时产生巨额费用,我们的 运营运绩和财务状况将受到不利影响,这可能会损害我们发展业务的能力。

 

我们 可能会受到智慧财产权侵权索赔,辩护成本可能很高,并且可能会扰乱我们的业务和运营。

 

我们 无法确定我们的运营或我们业务的任何方面没有或不会侵犯或以其他方式侵犯商标, 第三方持有的专利、版权、专有技术或其他智慧财产权。未来我们可能会时不时 受到与他人智慧财产权相关的法律诉讼和索赔的影响。此外,可能还有第三方 我们的产品、服务或其他侵犯的商标、专利、版权、专有技术或其他智慧财产权 在我们不知情的情况下处理我们业务的各个方面。此类智慧财产权的持有者可能会寻求执行此类智慧财产权 在香港、美国或其他司法管辖区针对我们的权利。如果针对第三方侵权索赔 我们可能被迫将管理层的时间和其他资源从我们的业务和运营中转移出来,以抵御这些索赔, 无论他们的优点如何。

 

任何 COVID-19爆发的恶化可能会对我们的运营和财务状况产生不利影响。

 

的 香港首例COVID-19确诊病例于2020年1月首次报告。此后发生了多轮疫情 香港的COVID-19死亡率。政府已宣布采取各种措施,包括旅行限制和安全距离措施 以降低COVID-19本地传播的风险。无法保证香港爆发的COVID-19能够有效地 受到控制或政府不会采取更严格的措施,例如关闭实体工作场所、全面关闭 暂停所有商业、社交及其他活动,以及其他封锁政策,以控制COVID-19的传播。

 

之间 2022年1月和2022年4月,香港因SARS-CoV-2 Omicron爆发第五波COVID-19 变体。自2020年初以来,COVID-19大流行对香港建筑业产生了负面影响。例如, 出现COVID-19确诊病例的项目工地的建筑活动暂时暂停长达两周, 消毒自2022年初以来,由于供应链和 跨境运输中断。自2023年初至本招股说明书日期,在香港的业务活动 金刚已恢复正常。

 

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虽然 截至本招股说明书日期,如果存在以下情况,我们的任何项目均未经历任何重大延误: 如果我们的任何建筑工地发生类似事件,可能会导致重大中断或延误。由此就可以 对我们按时完成项目的能力产生不利影响,从而损害我们的声誉、业务和财务状况 以及我们与客户的关系。此外,如果长期停牌,我们的毛利率可能会受到不利影响 由于COVID-19,我们可能不得不承担额外的成本:(i)加班并雇用额外的分包商 恢复工作,避免项目未能按原计划完成;及(ii)相关租金费用 由于我们不被允许进入现场将任何闲置设备调动到其他建筑工地,因此需要额外的设备。

 

的 香港进一步爆发COVID-19可能对香港经济产生重大不利影响,可能导致 房地产市场放缓以及香港现有的湿贸易工程项目的供应量减少。的任何恶化 COVID-19的爆发还可能导致劳动力短缺、工人薪津上涨和/或我们的业务中断 以暂时暂停或延迟的形式进行运营。我们无法向您保证我们不会遇到任何项目延误。我们可能 由于未来的疫情爆发,无法按照计划的规范、进度和预算完成项目 在COVID-19的任何亚变体浪潮中,这反过来可能会让我们面临客户潜在的违约金索赔, 这可能会对我们的声誉产生不利影响,并对我们的业务和财务状况以及我们的运营运绩产生不利影响。

 

我们 如果我们的任何员工或分包商的员工涉嫌承包或承包,运营也可能受到负面影响 已感染COVID-19,因为这可能需要我们和我们的分包商隔离部分或所有相关员工, 对我们的项目现场和设施进行消毒。如果这些不利影响成为现实并持续很长一段时间,他们可能会 对我们的业务运营和财务业绩产生重大不利影响。

 

在 此外,如果政府采取进一步措施来遏制COVID-19的传播,包括进口管制或封锁政策 在全市范围内,无法保证我们的供应商能够(a)在不 中断;和/或(b)毫不拖延地向我们提供服务、材料或分包服务,并且不保证 如果此类措施持续存在,我们将能够及时从替代供应商采购服务、材料或分包服务 持续了很长一段时间。

 

事件 例如流行病、自然灾害、恶劣天气条件、政治动荡和恐怖袭击可能会显著推迟,或 甚至阻止我们完成我们的项目。

 

Our operations are subject to uncertainties and contingencies beyond our control that could result in material disruptions in our operations and adversely affect our business. These include epidemics, natural disasters, fire, adverse weather conditions, political unrest, wars and terrorist attacks. Any such events could cause us to reduce or halt our operation, adversely affect our business operation, increase our costs and/or prevent us from completing our projects, any one of which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

In such an event, our business operations may also be severely disrupted due to a negative impact on investor confidence and risk appetites, the fund-raising activities of issuers and proposed listing applicants, the macroeconomic conditions as well as the financial conditions in Hong Kong. Our business operations, financial condition as well as our fund-raising activities as contemplated by this prospectus may be materially and adversely affected as a result.

 

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Failure to maintain safe construction sites and/or implement our safety management system may lead to the occurrence of personal injuries, property damages, fatal accidents or suspension or non-renewal of our registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council.

 

Due to the nature of works in construction sites, risks of accidents or injuries to workers are inherent. Notwithstanding our occupational health and safety measures that are required to be followed by our employees and employees of our subcontractors, accidents leading to personal injuries, property damages and/or fatal accidents remain an inherent risk at work sites. There is no assurance that there will not be any violation of our safety measures or other related rules and regulations by our employees or employees of our subcontractors. Any such violation may lead to higher probability of occurrences, and/or increased seriousness, of personal injuries, property damages and/or fatal accidents at work sites, which may materially and adversely affect our business operations as well as our financial position to the extent not covered by insurance policies. Also, failure to maintain safe construction sites and/or to implement safety management measures resulting in the occurrence of serious personal injuries or fatal accidents may lead to negative publicity and/or suspension or non-renewal of our registration under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme of the Construction Industry Council, which in turn adversely affect our reputation, financial position and results of operation.

 

In addition, any personal injuries and/or fatal accidents to our employees and employees of our subcontractors may lead to claims or other legal proceedings against us. Any such claims or legal proceedings could adversely and materially affect our financial position to the extent not covered by insurance policies. Also, notwithstanding the merits of any such claims or legal proceedings, we need to divert management resources and incur extra costs to handle these matters. Any such claims or legal proceedings could therefore have a material and adverse impact on our business operations.

 

虽然 由于建筑行业工程的性质,工人发生事故或受伤的风险是固有的,例如事故记录 可能会对我们的行业声誉产生不利影响,这反过来又可能会影响我们收到潜在新人招标的前景 客户或获得我们现有和潜在新客户的未来投标。此外,我们可能不得不承担 加强安全管理措施的额外费用,例如招聘额外的安全监督人员,这可能会 对我们的盈利能力产生不利影响。

 

那里 不保证我们能够根据建筑业的注册专门贸易承包商计划续签注册 行业委员会。

 

分包商 参与政府发起的公共部门项目的人员通常需要拥有已注册的注册 建造业议会专业贸易承包商计划。注册专业行业的注册续期 承包商计划每三年或五年需要一次,通常需要具备一定的技术和相关行业经验 要求.无法保证我们将来每次都能够续订此类注册。如果不续约 此类注册、我们的声誉、我们获得未来业务的能力以及我们的业务和财务状况和前景 可能会受到重大不利影响。

 

我们 可能是不时法律诉讼的一方,我们无法向您保证此类法律诉讼不会产生重大不利影响 对我们业务的影响。特别是,可能存在潜在的员工赔偿索赔和人身伤害索赔。

 

我们 可能参与客户、分包商、工人和其他各方的各种索赔和诉讼 时不时地关心我们的工作。这类索赔可能特别包括雇员的赔偿索赔和人身伤害。 就因雇员在受雇工作期间所发生的意外而蒙受人身伤害的申索 受伤的工人。我们不能保证我们不会卷入任何索赔或法律程序,也不能向您保证 任何此类索赔或法律程序都不会对我们的业务产生实质性的不利影响。如果有任何针对我们的索赔落在外面 保险范围和/或限额,我们的财务状况可能会受到不利影响。不管任何悬而未决的 和潜在的索赔,我们需要转移管理资源并产生额外成本来处理这些索赔,这可能会影响我们的公司 如果它们是由媒体发布的,那么它们的形象和声誉。如果上述索赔被成功地针对我们提出并且不在承保范围内 根据保险单,我们可能需要支付损害赔偿和法律费用,这反过来可能会对我们的经营业绩和 财务状况。

 

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我们 保险范围可能不足以涵盖潜在的责任。

 

某些 本节其他地方披露的风险,例如与客户集中度有关的风险、我们获得新合同的能力、我们的 保留和吸引人员的能力、分包商的可用性和绩效、项目和成本管理、我们的能力 维护和更新我们的注册、信用风险和流动性风险通常不受保险承保,因为它们要么 不可保险或承保此类风险的成本不合理。保险单涵盖战争行为、恐怖主义行为、 或者自然灾害要么无法发生,要么成本高昂。

 

此外, 我们可能承担我们没有充分保险或根本没有保险的责任,或者无法保险的责任。 如果因事故、自然灾害或其他未承保或不充分的事件而产生任何重大责任 在我们的保险范围内,我们的业务可能会受到不利影响,可能导致资产损失、诉讼、员工赔偿 义务或其他形式的经济损失。

 

我们 无法保证我们当前的保险水平足以覆盖所有潜在的风险和损失。此外,我们不能 保证我们可以更新我们的保单,或者可以按照类似或其他可接受的条款更新我们的保单。如果我们遭受严重的意外 损失或损失远超过保单限额,可能会对我们的业务、财务状况、 运营结果和前景。

 

可能 难以招募足够的劳动力或劳动力成本大幅增加可能会阻碍我们未来的业务战略。

 

这个 香港湿货行业一直面临著劳动力短缺和劳动力老龄化的问题。劳动力的供给和成本 受市场劳动力供应和香港经济因素(包括通胀)的影响。 利率和生活水准。不能保证劳动力和劳动力成本的供应会稳定。此外,最低 《工资条例》(香港法例第608章)规定,雇员有权就任何工资期获支付工资 不少于最低工资,参考订明的最低每小时工资率(现时定为港币40元)计算 每小时(2023年5月1日起生效)。不能保证法定最低工资在未来不会增加。 如果我们或我们的分包商未能及时保留现有劳动力和/或招聘足够的劳动力来应对 我们现有或未来工作的需求和/或劳动力成本的大幅增加,我们可能无法完成 我们的工作按计划和/或在预算范围内完成,我们的运营和盈利能力可能会受到不利影响。

 

湿 贸易工作通常是劳动密集型的,我们无法确定在需要时是否有足够的工人来完成项目。甚至 尽管我们通常不雇用工人进行湿贸易工作,而是雇用直接雇用工人的分包商, 劳动力成本被计入分包商的价格中。劳动力成本的任何意外上涨都可能由我们承担并可能减少 我们的利润率。此外,如果报价必须提高才能充分考虑,潜在客户可能会犹豫是否与我们合作 未来劳动力成本的任何预期增长。

 

波动 价位可能会对我们的经营运绩和普通股价格产生重大不利影响。

 

我们 收入和费用将主要以港元计价。港元兑美金的价位 可能会波动并可能受到政治和经济状况变化等因素的影响。尽管之间的价位 港元自1983年以来一直与美金挂钩,我们无法向您保证港元将继续与美金挂钩 兑美金。

 

我们的 我们的业务在香港进行,我们的账簿和记录保存在香港。美元,即香港的货币,以及 我们向美国证券交易委员会提交并提供给股东的财务报表以美元表示。的变化 香港之间的汇率。美元和美元会影响我们的资产价值和我们的运营结果 以美元计价。任何显著的波动 港元与美元之间的汇率变动,可能会对我们的收入和财政状况产生重大不利影响。 例如,我们被要求将我们从此次发行中获得的美元兑换成港元,用于我们的 操作上,港元兑美元汇率的波动会对 我们从转换中获得的金额。我们没有使用任何远期合约、期货、掉期或货币借款来对冲我们的风险敞口。 外汇风险。

 

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我们 企业容易受到政府政策和宏观经济状况的影响。

 

这个 香港建筑业的市场增长与政府政策和宏观经济环境密切相关。尤其是, 在经济低迷时期,由于财政预算有限,房地产开发商和租户在投资资本方面更为保守。 资源,翻新他们的生活空间,选择高端产品,如从海外进口的家具和大理石。论 另一方面,政府的政策,例如市区重建及发展计划和卖地计划,可能会影响土地的供应。 地产发展商在香港进行建筑工程,以及随后对湿行业的需求可能恶化。事实上,根据 在地政总署,卖地面积已由2016/17年度的约32.38万平方米下降至约 2023/24年3.48万平方米。因此,过度依赖政府政策和周期性的问题 建造工程的减少可能会对香港湿货行业工程市场的发展造成不利影响。

 

我们面临总体经济风险 经济低迷和市场状况恶化,例如中美贸易冲突。

 

由于我们的业务和运营总部位于香港 在香港,我们的业务增长主要取决于香港和中国的经济和市场状况。市场情况 直接受到全球和当地政治和经济环境的影响,例如 中美贸易冲突。香港整体经济环境突然下滑或政治环境发生变化, 超出我们控制范围的中国可能会对整个金融市场情绪产生不利影响。市场和经济严重波动 情绪还可能导致房地产和建筑行业长期表现低迷。因此,我们的收入 和盈利能力可能会波动,我们无法向您保证我们将能够及时保持我们的历史财务业绩 经济状况困难或不稳定。

 

在香港开展业务的相关风险

 

洪 Kong的法律体系正在不断发展,并且存在固有的不确定性,这可能会限制您可以获得的法律保护。

 

为 截至2024年、2023年和2022年3月31日的财年,我们的收入来自香港的湿贸易工程。香港 法律体系包含不确定性,这可能会限制您和我们可用的法律保护。

 

作为 香港主权移交给中华人民共和国的条件之一,中华人民共和国必须接受一些条件,例如香港 香港回归前的基本法。《基本法》确保香港将保留自己的合法货币(港元) 制度、议会制度以及人民的权利和自由从1997年开始五十年。该协议为香港提供了 高度自治地运作的自由。香港特别行政区负责自己的国内事务 事务包括但不限于司法部门和最后法院、移民和海关、公共财政、货币和 引渡。香港继续使用英国普通法制度。

 

一些人 国际观察员和人权组织对相对享有的政治自由的未来表示怀疑 在香港和中华人民共和国的承诺下,允许香港高度自治。2020年7月14日,美国签署了一项 终止香港在一九九七年后享有的特殊地位的行政命令。由于目前享有的自主权可能会受到损害,它可能会 可能会影响香港的普通法法律制度,进而可能会在执法方面带来不确定性,例如 我们的合同权利。事实上,如果中华人民共和国违背其允许香港自治的协定,这可能会 可能会影响香港的普通法法律制度,并可能在执法方面带来不明朗因素,例如 我们的合同权利。这反过来又可能对我们的业务和运营产生实质性的不利影响。此外,知识分子 香港的产权和保密保护措施可能不如美国或其他国家那么有效。因此, 我们无法预测香港法律制度未来发展的影响,包括颁布新法律、改变 现行法律或对其的解释或执行,或国家法律对地方性法规的抢占。这些不确定性 可能会限制我们可获得的法律保护,包括我们执行与客户协定的能力。

 

的 制定《中华人民共和国香港特别行政区维护国家安全法》(「香港国家 《证券法》)可能会影响我们在香港的运营子公司。

 

在……上面 2020年6月30日,中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会常务委员会通过了香港国家安全法。这部法律 界定香港《国家安全法》维护国家安全的职责和政府机构,以及四大类 罪行-分裂国家、颠覆、恐怖活动和与外国或外部分子勾结以危害 国家安全--以及他们相应的惩罚。2020年7月14日,前美国总统总裁唐纳德·特朗普签署了香港 香港自治法,或称HKAA,成为法律,授权美国政府对个人和实体实施阻止制裁 他们被认定对侵蚀香港的自治权起到了重大作用。2020年8月7日,美国政府 对包括香港特别行政区前行政长官林郑月娥在内的11名个人实施香港机场管理局授权的制裁。2020年10月14日, 美国国务院向国会相关委员会提交了根据HKAA要求的报告,确定了有重大贡献的人 “中国政府未能履行”联合声明“或”基本法“所规定的义务。”香港机场管理局 进一步授权对知情的外国金融机构实施二级制裁,包括实施封锁制裁 与根据这一授权受到制裁的外国人员进行重大交易。实施制裁可能会直接影响到 外国金融机构以及与目标外国金融机构进行交易的任何第三方或客户。 很难预测《香港国家安全法》和香港机管局对香港和位于香港的公司的全面影响。 孔令辉。如我们在香港的营运附属公司被裁定违反香港国家安全法或香港机管局 如果受到主管当局的影响,我们的业务运营、财务状况和运营结果可能会受到实质性的不利影响。

 

纳斯达克 可能会对我们的继续上市应用额外且更严格的标准。

 

纳斯达克 上市规则第5101条赋予纳斯达克广泛的酌情决定权,决定证券在纳斯达克和 纳斯达克可能会利用这一酌情权拒绝首次上市,对首次或继续上市适用额外或更严格的标准 根据存在或发生的任何事件、条件或情况,对特定证券进行停牌或退市 这使得这些证券在纳斯达克上首次或继续上市是不可取的或没有根据的,即使纳斯达克认为 这些证券符合纳斯达克首次或继续上市的所有列举标准。此外,纳斯达克还利用其自由裁量权 拒绝首次或继续列名,或在情况下适用额外和更严格的标准,包括但不限于(I) 如果公司聘请了一名未接受PCAOB检查的审计师,或一名PCAOB不能检查的审计师,或 没有证明足够的资源、地域范围或经验来充分执行公司审计的审计师; (Ii)如果公司计划进行小规模公开募股,将导致内部人士持有公司上市公司的大部分股份 证券。纳斯达克担心,发行规模不足以确定该公司的初始估值,因此 将不会有足够的流动资金支持公司的公开市场;以及(Iii)公司没有证明有足够的流动性 与美国资本市场的联系,包括没有美国股东、业务或董事会或管理层成员。 对于上述任何担忧,我们可能会受到纳斯达克更多和更严格的标准的约束,才能继续 上市,这可能会导致我们的普通股上市申请被推迟甚至被拒绝。

 

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如果 我们未能满足适用的上市要求,纳斯达克可能会将我们的普通股票退市res 在这种情况下,我们普通股的流动性和市场价格可能会下降。

 

我们 无法向您保证我们将能够满足持续的 未来纳斯达克的上市标准。如果我们未能遵守适用的上市标准并且纳斯达克将我们的普通股退市 股份,我们和我们的股东可能面临重大重大不利后果,包括:

 

  一 我们普通股的市场报价有限;
  减少 我们普通股的流动性;
  一 确定我们的普通股是「细股」,这将需要行纪商在我们的普通股中进行交易 股票将遵守更严格的规则,并可能导致二级交易中交易活动水平下降 我们的普通股市场;
  一 关于我们的新闻和分析师对我们的报导数量有限;以及
  一 我们未来发行额外股权证券或获得额外股权或债务融资的能力下降。

 

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.

 

We will be a “passive foreign investment company,” or “PFIC,” if, in any particular taxable year, either (a) 75% or more of our gross income for such year consists of certain types of “passive” income or (b) 50% or more of the average quarterly value of our assets (as determined on the basis of fair market value) during such year produce or are held for the production of passive income (the “asset test”). In determining whether we are a PFIC, we are permitted to take into account the assets and income of our Operating Subsidiaries because we own 100% of their stock. However, even if we take into account the assets and income of our Operating Subsidiaries, we may still be considered a PFIC in 2023 and possibly later years, depending on a number of factors, including the composition of our income and assets, how quickly we use our liquid assets, including the cash raised pursuant to this offering (if we determine not to, or are unable to, deploy significant amounts of cash for active purposes our risk of being a PFIC will substantially increase), the market price of our Ordinary Shares, and fluctuations in that price. Because there are uncertainties in the application of the relevant rules and PFIC status is a factual determination made annually after the close of each taxable year, there can be no assurance that we will not be a PFIC for 2023 or any future taxable year. Please refer to the paragraph titled “Taxation – United States Federal Income Taxation”.

 

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If we are a PFIC in any taxable year, a U.S. holder may incur significantly increased United States income tax on gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of the Ordinary Shares and on the receipt of distributions on the Ordinary Shares to the extent such gain or distribution is treated as an “excess distribution” under the United States federal income tax rules. A U.S. holder may also be subject to burdensome reporting requirements. Further, if we are a PFIC for any year during which a U.S. holder holds our Ordinary Shares, we generally will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to that U.S. Holder for all succeeding years during which such U.S. holder holds our Ordinary Shares. Please refer to the paragraph titled “Taxation – United States Federal Income Taxation”.

 

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

 

连续式 香港的房屋供应:湿货交易市场的发展与建筑物的建设和 基础设施。尤其是住宅楼宇部分的湿式贸易工程总值,占总值逾六成。 2021年湿贸易价值工作。香港行政长官在《2021年施政报告》中提出,政府的目标是 在未来数年增加5 000个过渡时预售屋屋单位,使过渡时预售屋屋的整体供应量增至2万个;及 将相关基金计划的资助额提高至116港元亿(约14.9美元亿)。另一方面, 2021年,政府发布了《北方大都市发展战略》,涵盖两个地区行政区域,包括 元朗区和北区,包括成熟的新市镇、新发展区和发展节点,总用地 面积约300平方公里,将发展为住宅单位高度集中、劳动人口集中的地区 和企业。此外,香港政府出台了不同的政策来推动住房供应,即 2020年施政报告提出“分享试验计划”,旨在释放私营农业的发展潜力 公私营合作发展公营及私营房屋的地段;部署“土地专责小组” 其中包括约210个潜在用地及3,235公顷土地作房屋用途,可提供超过 在未来十年内,香港共有330,000个公共及私人住宅单位,包括 东大屿山都会区、郊野公园外围、填海土地及多个棕地。在私营部门方面,2022-23年度财政预算案 预计从2022年到2026年的未来五年,预计平均年产量约为19,000辆,远远超过 高于2016年至2021年过去五年约1.7万辆的平均产量。反过来,对建筑工程的需求 湿法贸易工作将继续推进。

 

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城市 更新专案:香港政府自2012年起推行强制性验楼计划,楼龄高的业主 30年或以上并附有法定通知送达的,均须进行规定的检查。根据《城市更新》 当局,到2046年将有326,000个楼龄在70岁或以上的私人住宅单位,迫切需要加快更新 旧区,特别是位于市区核心密集地带,例如深水?和九龙城。如上所述 在《市区重建局(市建局)2019-20年年报》中,香港有超过1万幢楼龄达50年或以上的楼宇, 预计到2046年,这一数位将达到2.8万。此外,为保障公众安全,行政长官宣布 在《2017年施政报告》中预留港币30元亿(约3.8亿美元亿),并与市区重建 授权实施建筑光明行动,协助他们按照《建筑光明行动》的要求行事。湿贸易 工程作为必不可少的建设过程,不断的城市更新专案有望带动各自的需求。

 

更高级别 行业标准和客户要求:由于人民生活水准的提高和可支配收入水准的提高 香港市民、下游地产商倾向于期望缺陷最少的建筑物和设施具有更高的耐久性, 未来的维护成本和麻烦,预计将在材料质量、工作过程和工艺方面设定更高的标准 湿交易的效果很好。由于房地产开发商希望提高各自物业的标准,以增强竞争力, 因此,为了满足室内设计和检查的要求,对优质湿行业工程的需求增加了。与更高的 对住宅及商业楼宇室内环境的需求,包括 设计,以及使用固定装置、家具和其他配件,作品的质量正成为竞争的关键焦点 湿贸易工程行业。因此,地产商更青睐信誉良好、工程质素优良的湿式行业承建商。 和主要承包商。

 

加快速度 商业区发展:根据香港差饷物业估价署的数据, 在2016至2021年期间,商业单位的数量从1,520个增加到2,1个,写字楼和商业单位的总考虑 单位由245港元亿(约31.6美元亿)增至420港元亿(约53.8美元亿)。 随著交通便利,以及九龙东和港岛东等地区的基础设施发展和支持, 在这些地区,经常需要进行湿法作业。关于香港政府的政策,将推出8幅土地,并 在2020至2022年间根据卖地计划发展商业楼宇。几家酒店和购物中心正在筹划 根据市场动态进行升级。不断扩展的商业活动,开发新的商业区,住宅和 娱乐设施将支持湿货交易市场的增长。此外,政府对基础设施的持续投资 预计未来几年平均每年支出超过1,000港元亿(约合128美元亿), 行政长官在2020年《施政报告》中提出,会增加湿工场的需求

 

市场 趋势与展望

 

更宽 机器和设备的应用:根据“指定技能指定工人”条文的规定 《建造业工人注册条例》,只适用于指定行业组别的注册技术工人或半技术工人 允许在建筑工地上独立进行相关行业部门的建筑工程,旨在改善 建筑工程和工人的质量。预计使用喷灰机和地板等机械设备 找平机取代人工将成为未来的市场趋势之一。取代人工操作越来越普遍 使用石膏喷雾机进行湿法行业工程,以提高工人的生产力 并进一步提升工艺质量。石膏喷涂机的使用使工人能够完成更大范围的 抹灰工作与在相同持续时间内依赖传统手工工作相比。

 

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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注: 湿工平均日薪津是根据抹灰工、大理石工、泥瓦工、 而且更具体。

 

资料来源: Frost&Sullivan报告

 

原 材料成本分析

 

波特兰 水泥、水硬性石灰、混凝土砌块、集料、沙、油漆和釉面瓷砖是 湿交易很管用。湿货行业使用的所有建筑材料的平均价格在#年呈上升趋势。 过去的几年里。在所有湿行业工程材料中,砂子的平均价格有显著的增长,年复合增长率上升。 增长17.6%,由2016年的每公吨约137.7港元(约17.7美元)增至约310.0港元(约 在2021年,由于中国河沙供应有限,每公吨约39.7美元。原材料成本上涨的主要原因是 由于香港持续进行建造工程,支持了对这些建造工程的需求 材料,以及某些材料的有限供应,如河沙。在接下来的几年里,主要建筑的平均价格 湿法工程中的材料可能会攀升,因为由于持续的 建筑专案在香港开工。

 

项目  单元   2016    2017    2018    2019    2020    2021    2022E    2026E    

CAGR

(2016-
2021)

    

CAGR

(2022E-
2026E)

 
矽酸盐水泥  每公吨港元   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  每公吨港元   585.5    700.5    630.2    625.1    630.5    631.5    636.5    657.1    1.5%   0.8%
混凝土块  每公吨港元   76    76.4    77    79.8    80.5    93    93.8    97.2    4.1%   0.9%
聚集体  每公吨港元   67.8    59.3    65.2    70.7    88    100    102.5    113.1    8.1%   2.5%
  每公吨港元   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%

 

注: 油漆的平均价格包括乳胶漆和丙烯酸漆,而釉面的平均价格 陶瓷墙砖包括白色瓷砖和彩色瓷砖。

 

资料来源: Frost&Sullivan报告

 

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竞争 概述

 

的 就市场参与者数量而言,香港的湿贸易工作市场被认为是分散的。根据施工 行业议会,有500多个承包商在「精加工湿贸易」行业专业下注册 2021年底。

 

该集团是一家成熟的湿贸易工厂 2021年市场份额约为0.4%的分包商。

 

条目 壁垒

 

资本 要求: 资本要求成为湿贸易工程市场新进入者的障碍。在湿贸易工厂 行业,招聘工人、原材料采购以及向工人支付薪津都需要足够的资本储备。 此外,如果客户要求,发行保证债券可能需要大量资金。市场 与没有足够资本的承包商相比,拥有足够资本的参与者更有可能承担大规模的项目 资源没有工厂的承包商可能会在竞争中失败并随后退出市场。

 

证明 业绩记录和声誉: NPS记录是湿贸易工程行业的关键竞争因素之一。可信 工作质量的跟踪记录、高效的劳动分工、预算控制内的及时交付是 公司进行湿贸易工作。香港的房地产开发商和主要承包商更喜欢与湿货承包商合作 他们有良好的记录。没有良好声誉的新进入者建立在过去与行业利益相关者的合作之上, 提供服务的经验会损害公司在市场上的整体竞争力。

 

技术 专业知识: 技术知识是湿贸易工程新进入者的关键障碍之一。现有市场参与者普遍 对抹灰工程、瓷砖铺设工程、砌砖、墙地瓷砖、绘画和装饰有深入的了解, 地面平整和大理石工程,以提供优质的服务。具有技术知识。现有球员的表现 并且他们的作品质量能够保证达到质量标准。相比之下,新的市场进入者没有技术知识, 经验丰富的管理团队可能竞争力较弱。

 

因素 竞争

 

分包商的 注册计划: 该集团是注册专业贸易承包商旗下的注册精整湿贸易分包商 建造业议会的计划(前称分包商注册计划)。注册专业贸易 承包商计划由建造业议会推出,旨在建立一批有能力且负责任的分包商, 具有建筑和工程工程方面的专业技能和较强的职业道德。主要客户组织和承包商贸易 协会已承诺支持该计划。主要承包商须聘请该计划下的注册分包商 对于公共部门项目,信贷将在招标过程中授予注册分包商。注册使 分包商进一步提高对行业业绩记录、财务稳定性和专业知识的认可度,从而扩大 商业网络。

 

建立 业务关系: 在湿贸易行业,与客户建立长期的关系意味著更好地了解客户的需求 要求并能够更好地提供客户服务,并节省协调的时间和成本。通过利用良好的工作 建立在与行业利益相关者合作基础上的关系,可以在日常运营中大大节省时间和成本。此外, 与材料供应商的良好关系将有助于湿贸易服务提供商保持有竞争力的定价和稳定的供应。 因此,它将进一步提高湿行业工程承包商的执行能力。

 

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.

 

售股股东 将支付他因行纪、会计、税务或法律服务而产生的任何承保折扣、佣金和费用,或 他们在处置普通股时发生的任何其他费用。我们将承担所有其他成本、费用和开支 实施本招股说明书涵盖的普通股的登记,包括但不限于所有登记和备案 我们的律师和公证的费用和费用。

 

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分红 政策

 

为 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(约 分别向当时的唯一股东林志明先生支付20,000,000港元(约2,564,103美金)和10,000,000港元(约1,282,051美金)。 该等款项用于抵消应收林启明先生的余额。我们目前打算保留大部分(如果不是全部)可用资金 以及本次发行后的任何未来收益,以资助我们业务的发展和增长。因此,我们不期望支付 可预见的未来的任何现金股息。

 

我们的 董事会完全有权决定是否派发股息,但须受开曼群岛的某些限制。 岛法,即我们公司只能从利润或股票溢价中支付股息,并且在任何情况下都不能这样做 如果这将导致我们公司在正常业务过程中无法偿还到期的债务,则可以支付股息。 此外,我们的股东可以通过普通决议宣布股息,但股息不得超过我们的 董事会。即使我们的董事会决定分红,未来分红的时间,金额和形式, 将取决于我们未来的经营业绩和现金流、我们的资本需求和盈余、 我们从子公司收到的分配(如果有)、我们的财务状况、合同限制和其他被认为是 与我们的董事会有关。请参阅本招股说明书的“税务”一节,以了解有关 宣布的任何现金股利的潜在税收后果。

 

如果 我们决定在未来对我们的任何普通股支付股息,作为控股公司,我们将取决于收到的资金 来自我们的英属维京群岛子公司MS(HK)Construction Engineering Limited以及我们的香港运营子公司。那里 香港和英属维京群岛不对股息收入征税。

 

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管理层的 财务状况和运营结果的讨论和分析

 

这个 以下对我们的财务状况和经营结果的讨论和分析应与我们的财务 报表及其相关附注和其他财务资讯,包括在本招股说明书的其他部分。这场讨论 包含前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述受各种因素、风险和不确定性的影响,这些因素、风险和不确定性可能 导致实际结果与这些前瞻性陈述中反映的结果大不相同。此外,由于这些因素, 风险和不确定性,前瞻性事件可能不会发生。相关因素、风险和不确定因素包括但不限于 至“业务”、“风险因素”一节及本招股说明书其他部分所讨论的事项。读者 告诫不要过度依赖前瞻性陈述,这些前瞻性陈述反映了管理层截至 此注册声明的日期。我们没有义务公开更新或修改任何前瞻性陈述,无论是作为 新资讯、未来事件或其他方面的结果。请参阅“关于前瞻性陈述的告诫”。

 

概述

 

我们 是一家豁免有限责任公司,于2022年8月2日根据开曼群岛法律注册成立,作为控股公司 我们的业务主要通过我们间接全资拥有的香港运营子公司MS(HK)Engineering运营 有限公司和MS Engineering Co.,有限公司(「运营子公司」)。明盛集团控股有限公司(「公司」) 不是一家香港运营公司,而是一家开曼群岛控股公司,由我们的运营子公司在 香港我们主要从事湿行业工程,如抹灰工程、瓷砖铺设工程、砌砖工程、地板熨平工程, 和大理石作品。在较小的程度上,我们还为客户提供小规模的装修服务,例如装修工程。

 

MS (HK)工程有限公司和MS工程有限公司,有限公司分别成立于2012年和2019年。在我们的运营历史中 大约十年来,我们一直专注于以分包商的身份提供湿贸易工程服务,并积累了我们的专业知识 以及湿贸易工作的记录。我们专注于项目管理和监督在执行项目中的作用, 我们已聘请分包商在我们的监督下进行大部分现场工程。通常,我们的主要职责 在项目中包括(i)安排现场准备和初步工作;(ii)聘请和监督我们的分包商;(iii)监控 实施现场工程;(iv)进行现场安全监督和质量控制;及(v)制定详细的工作时间表 以及工作分配计划。

 

我们, 通过我们的运营子公司,主要从事香港的私营部门项目。到目前为止,我们的私营部门项目 主要涉及私人住宅发展和商业发展。我们私营部门项目的项目所有者 通常是房地产开发商,而我们的客户通常是主要承包商和从事的湿贸易工程分包商 在这样的项目下。到目前为止,我们还在较小程度上参与了香港的公共部门项目。我们的公共部门 项目主要涉及公共住宅开发以及基础设施和公共设施开发。客户 我们的公共部门项目通常由政府部门和法定机构聘请的主要承包商。

 

作为 截至本招股说明书日期,MS(HK)Engineering Limited为指定行业类别的注册专业贸易承包商 (第二组)建造业议会注册专门贸易承包商计划。MS Engineering Co.,有限 主要专业提供抹灰工程、瓷砖铺设工程、大理石工程等湿行业工程服务, 私人住宅开发项目的分包商。自MS Engineering Co.以来,Limited专注于私营部门项目,MS Engineering 公司,有限公司无需也没有在建筑业的注册专业贸易承包商计划下注册 行业委员会。

 

为 截至2024年、2023年和2022年3月31日止年度,总收入为27,572,692美金、21,868,220美金和14,383,980美金, 分别截至2024年3月31日止年度,我们的毛利润和净利润分别为5,093,079美金和2,326,597美金, 相比之下,截至3月份止年度,我们的毛利润和净利润分别为3,494,548美金和2,787,236美金 截至2022年3月31日止年度,我们的毛利润和净利润分别为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

     
              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.

 

   For the fiscal years ended March 31 
   2024   2023   2022 
  

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   -    -    

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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

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 6413) F-2
   
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements  
- Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2024 and 2023 F-3
- Consolidated Statements of Operation and Comprehensive Income for the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 F-4
- Consolidated Statements of Change in Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 F-5
- Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 F-6
- Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 F-7

 

F-1
 

 

 

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

 

F-2
 

 

Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
         
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 
Total current assets   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 
Total non-current assets   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 
Total current liabilities   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 
Total non-current liabilities   3,149,153    1,718,025 
           
Total liabilities   10,890,616    7,899,604 
           
Shareholders’ equity          
Ordinary shares, 100,000,000 shares authorized; USD0.0005 par value, 11,250,000 and 11,250,000 shares issued and outstanding, as of March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively   5,625    5,625 
Subscription receivable   (5,625)   (5,625)
Additional paid in capital   1,282    1,282 
Retained earnings   996,980    381,608 
Total shareholders’ equity   998,262    382,890 
           
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   11,888,878    8,282,494 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-3
 

 


Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income

 

   2024   2023   2022 
  

For the years ended March 31,

 
   2024   2023   2022 
   USD   USD   USD 
             
Revenue   27,572,692    21,868,220    14,383,980 
Cost of revenue   (22,479,613)   (18,373,672)   (11,755,111)
Gross profit   5,093,079    3,494,548    2,628,869 
                
Operating expenses               
General and administrative expenses   (1,846,753)   (855,597)   (512,650)
Total operating expenses   (1,846,753)   (855,597)   (512,650)
                
Income from operations   3,246,326    2,638,951    2,116,219 
                
Other income (expense)               
Interest expense, net   (286,090)   (179,986)   (74,574)
Other income   15,297    797,160    78,960 
Total other income, net   (270,793)   617,174    4,386 
                
Income before tax expense   2,975,533    3,256,125    2,120,605 
Income tax expense   (648,936)   (468,889)   (317,096)
Net income and total comprehensive income   2,326,597    2,787,236    1,803,509 
                
Net income per share attributable to ordinary shareholders               
Basic and diluted   0.21    0.25    0.22 
                
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computing net income per share               
Basic and diluted   11,250,000    11,250,000    8,136,986 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-4
 

 

Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

 

  

Number

of shares

   Amount  

Subscription

receivable

  

paid in

capital

  

Retained

Earnings

  

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   5,625,000    2,812    (2,812)   -    458,312    458,312 
Reorganization   5,625,000    2,813    (2,813)   1,282    (821,295)   (820,013)
Net profit for the year   -    -    -    -    1,803,509    1,803,509 
Dividend declared and paid   -    -    -    -    (1,282,051)   (1,282,051)
Balance as of March 31, 2022   11,250,000    5,625    (5,625)   1,282    158,475    159,757 

 

   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   11,250,000    5,625    (5,625)   1,282    158,475    159,757 
Net profit for the year   -    -    -    -    2,787,236    2,787,236 
Dividend declared and paid   -    -    -    -    (2,564,103)   (2,564,103)
Balance as of March 31, 2023   11,250,000    5,625    (5,625)   1,282    381,608    382,890 

 

   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   11,250,000    5,625    (5,625)   1,282    381,608    382,890 
Net profit for the year   -    -    -    -    2,326,597    2,326,597 
Dividend declared and paid   -    -    -    -    (1,711,225)   (1,711,225)
Balance as of March 31, 2024   11,250,000    5,625    (5,625)   1,282    996,980    998,262 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-5
 

 

Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

   2024   2023   2022 
   For the years ended March 31, 
   2024   2023   2022 
   USD   USD   USD 
Operating activities:               
Net income   2,326,597    2,787,236    1,803,509 
Adjustments:               
Depreciation on property and equipment   26,214    5,001    7,772 
Amortization of right-of-use assets – finance lease   79,521    74,671    51,892 
Gain on disposal of right-of-use assets – finance lease   (3,686)   (17,308)   - 
Change in cash value of life insurance policy   (5,140)   (4,266)   (3,417)
Expected credit loss allowance   30,075    71,386    8,966 
Deferred Income (benefits) taxes provision   (183)   (803)   (994)
Previously deferred IPO cost that expensed in the year   370,957    -    - 
Change in working capital items:               
Change in accounts receivable   1,724,503    369,117    (2,884,677)
Change in contract assets   (3,692,174)   (2,466,428)   461,496 
Change in deposits, prepayments and other current assets   17,856    (7,430)   (9,154)
Change in accounts payable   1,282,131    49,943    126,214 
Change in income tax payable   247,080    (73,988)   325,647 
Change in accrued expenses and other current liabilities   53,438    8,197    (38,812)
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities   2,457,189    795,328    (151,558)
                
Investing activities:               
Purchase of property and equipment   (1,147,262)   (15,384)   - 
Sales proceeds from disposal of right-of-use assets – finance lease   

-

    51,282    - 
Cash obtained from reorganization   -    -    56,390 
Cash (used in) provided by investing activities   (1,147,262)   35,898    56,390 
                
Financing activities:               
Proceeds from new bank borrowings   23,383,104    10,307,778    3,187,692 
Repayment of bank borrowings   (21,852,990)   (7,995,854)   (1,875,860)
Initial payments for finance lease liabilities   -    (2,308)   - 
Principal payments for finance lease liabilities   (119,465)   (129,148)   (43,750)

Advances from a related party

   

1,058,733

    

632,648

    354,232  
Payments to a related party   (2,730,449)   (2,754,955)   (1,623,892)
Payment for offering cost   (292,304)   (783,221)   - 
Cash used in financing activities   (553,371)   (725,060)   (1,578)
                
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   756,556    106,166    (96,746)
                
Cash and cash equivalents as of beginning of the year   323,958    217,792    314,538 
                
Cash and cash equivalents as of the end of the year   1,080,514    323,958    217,792 
                
Supplementary Cash Flows Information               
Cash paid for income tax   402,038    543,680    (7,558)
                
Cash paid for interest   286,090    179,986    74,574 
                
Supplemental of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities               
Right-of-use assets – finance lease obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities   -    297,179    - 
                
Proceeds from disposal of Right-of-use assets – finance lease received by a director on behalf of the Company   51,282    -    - 
                
Dividend declared and offsetting against due from major shareholder   1,711,225    2,564,103    1,282,051 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-6
 

 

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”)   August 2, 2022   Cayman Islands   Parent   Investment holding
                 
MS (HK) Construction Engineering Limited (“MSC”)   August 17, 2022   British Virgin Islands   100%   Investment holding
                 
MS (HK) Engineering Limited (“MSHK”)   October 12, 2012   Hong Kong   100%   Provision of wet trades works
                 
MS Engineering Co., Limited (“MSE”)   March 27, 2019   Hong Kong   100%   Provision of wet trades works

 

MSHK was incorporated on October 12, 2012 in Hong Kong as a limited liability company, its principal activities were provision of wet trades works.

 

F-7
 

 

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 50,000 ordinary shares at par value of USD1 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 49,999 ordinary shares with a par value of USD1 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 1 ordinary share of the Company with a par value of USD1.

 

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 1 ordinary share of MSHK 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 USD1 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 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.

 

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 USD0.0005 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 16,050,000 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 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 2,925,000 ordinary shares with a par value of USD0.0005 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 13,125,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of USD0.0005. The cancellation was retroactively presented in prior periods.

 

F-8
 

 

On June 12, 2023, Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 375,000 ordinary shares with a par value of USD0.0005 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 12,750,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of USD0.0005. The cancellation was retroactively presented in prior periods.

 

On June 15, 2023, Mr. Chi Ming Lam proposed to surrender 1,500,000 ordinary shares with a par value of USD0.0005 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 11,250,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of USD0.0005. 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.

 

F-9
 

 

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   62.2%   15.7%     8.3 %
Customer B   13.3%   14.9%     0 %
Customer C   6.2%   42.1%     23.6 %
Customer D   0.6%   15.4%     50.0 %

 

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   47.6%   0%
Customer F   19.3%   0%
Customer C   9.2%   11.4%
Customer B   5.9%   51.4%
Customer D   4.8%   1.0 %
Customer A   3.1%   30.0 %

 

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   12.0%   0 %

 

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. 

 

F-10
 

 

Interest rate risk

 

The following table details the interest rate risk profile of the Company’s borrowings as of March 31, 2024 and 2023:

 

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
Fixed rate borrowings:          
Finance lease liabilities, current   67,372    84,959 
Finance lease liabilities, non-current   114,495    216,373 
Bank borrowings, current   -    51,905 
Bank borrowings, non-current   -    - 
           
Floating rate borrowings:          
Bank borrowings, current   3,818,453    3,771,728 
Bank borrowings, non-current   3,033,780    1,498,485 

 

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, it is estimated that a general increase/ decrease of 100 basis points in interest rates, with all other variables held constant, would have decreased/ increased the Company’s profit after tax by USD52,950 and USD15,079, respectively.

 

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.

 

F-11
 

 

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 7.8000, a pegged rate determined by the linked exchange rate system in Hong Kong. This pegged rate was used to translate Company’s balance sheets, income statement items and cash flow items for both 2024, 2023 and 2022.

 

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.

 

F-12
 

 

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$500,000. Cash balances in bank accounts in Hong Kong are not otherwise insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or other programs.

 

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.

 

F-13
 

 

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.

 

F-14
 

 

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   3.33 years
Motor vehicle   3.33 years
Property   23.33 years

 

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 no impairment losses on long-lived assets for the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.

 

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 USD1,000,000. The initial premium payment at the policy commencement date for the policy was USD165,493. As of March 31, 2024, the balance was USD160,891, which represents the adjustments of premiums paid of USD165,493, interest income earned of USD36,627, insurance expenses incurred of USD24,309 and cash surrender charge of USD16,920. As of March 31, 2023, the balance was USD155,751, which represents the adjustments of premiums paid of USD165,493, interest income earned of USD28,746, insurance expenses incurred of USD21,568 and cash surrender charge of USD16,920. The Company may surrender any time and receive cash based on the cash value of the policy at the date of withdrawal, which is calculated by the insurance company.

 

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.

 

F-15
 

 

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 USD43,951,727 and USD44,751,559 as of March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

 

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 nil, USD772,505 and USD73,251 for the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

 

F-16
 

 

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.

 

Earnings Per Share

 

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.

 

F-17
 

 

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:

 

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31, 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
         
Accounts receivable   1,706,344    3,430,847 
Less: allowance for credit loss   (62,776)   (107,327)
Accounts receivable, net   1,643,568    3,323,520 

 

The movement of allowance for loss accounts are as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31, 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
         
Balance at beginning of the year   107,327    30,324 
(Reversal) Addition during the year   (44,551)   77,003 
Balance at end of the year   62,776    107,327 

 

As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, all accounts receivable, net was secured for granting general banking facility.

 

F-18
 

 

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:

 

   2024   2023 
   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   5,960,812    2,453,088 
Retainage included in contract assets due to being conditional on something other than solely passage of time   977,931    793,481 
Less: allowance for credit loss   (99,646)   (25,021)
Contract assets, net   6,839,097    3,221,548 
           
Contract assets, current   6,098,497    3,150,729 
Contract assets, non-current   740,600    70,819 

 

The movement of revenue recognized in excess of amounts paid or payable (excluding retainage) before net of allowance for credit loss is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31, 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
         
Balance at beginning of the year   2,453,088    389,927 
Increase as a result of total work completed during the period   27,572,692    21,868,220 
Decrease as a result of total amount billed out   (24,064,968)   (19,805,059)
Balance at end of the year   5,960,812    2,453,088 

 

The movement of retainage before net of allowance for credit loss is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31, 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
         
Balance at beginning of the year   793,481    390,214 
Increase as a result of changes in progress of ongoing projects   431,521    476,030 
Reclassified to accounts receivable as payment becomes unconditional   (247,071)   (72,763)
Balance at end of the year   977,931    793,481 

 

F-19
 

 

5. Deposits, Prepayments and Other Current Assets

 Schedule of Deposits, Prepayments and Other Current Assets

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31, 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
         
Deposits   474    231 
Prepayments   9,615    20,590 
Other receivables   10,836    17,959 
Less: amount classified as non-current assets   -    - 
Amount classified as current assets   20,925    38,780 

 

6. Property and Equipment, net

 

Property and Equipment, stated at cost less accumulated depreciation, consisted of the following as of March 31:

   

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
         
Equipment - Machineries   102,006    93,205 
Less: accumulated depreciation   (88,318)   (81,282)
Equipment - Machineries, net   13,688    11,923 
           
Equipment – Motor vehicle   90,129    - 
Less: accumulated depreciation   (15,112)   - 
Equipment - Motor vehicle, net   75,017    - 
           
Property   

1,138,461

    - 
Less: accumulated depreciation   (4,066)   - 
Property, net   1,134,395    - 
           
Property and Equipment, net   1,223,100    11,923 

 

Depreciation expenses of property and equipment totaled USD26,214, USD5,001 and USD7,772 for the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

 

During the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, no property and equipment was disposed and impaired.

 

As of March 31, 2024, the property was a security for granting general banking facility in the amount of USD562,694 (2023: nil).

 

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:

 

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31, 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
Assets          
Right-of-use assets – finance lease, net   216,065    343,182 
           
Liabilities          
Finance lease liabilities, current   67,372    84,959 
Finance lease liabilities, non-current   114,495    216,373 
           
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)   2.7    3.4 
Weighted average discount rate (%)   4.3    4.4 

 

F-20
 

 

Information relating to financing and operating lease activities during the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 are as follows:

 

   2024   2023   2022 
   For the years ended March 31, 
   2024   2023   2022 
   USD   USD   USD 
Finance leases:               
Amortization of right-of-use assets – finance lease   79,521    74,671    51,892 
Interest of finance lease liabilities   10,294    20,031    8,053 
Total finance lease expense   89,815    94,702    59,945 
Operating lease:               
Expenses related to a short-term lease   37,179    33,333    21,260 
Operating lease cost   37,179    33,333    21,260 
                
Total lease expenses   126,994    128,035    81,205 
                
Cash outflows related to finance leases:               
Financing cash outflows – principal paid   119,465    131,456    43,750 
Operating cash outflows – interests paid   10,294    20,031    8,053 
Cash outflows related to finance leases   129,759    151,487    51,803 
                
Cash outflows related to operating lease:               
Operating cash outflows - rental paid   37,179    33,333    21,260 

 

During the year ended March 31, 2024, additions to right-of-use assets – finance lease were nil (2023: USD297,179) (2022: nil). This amount represented the purchase of a motor vehicle under finance lease. Right-of-use assets – finance lease represented purchases of certain motor vehicles under finance leases for its operations. Lease contracts are entered into for fixed term of 60 months (2023: 60 months) (2022: 36 months to 60 months), Lease terms are negotiated on an individual basis and contain different terms and conditions.

 

Maturities of lease payments under finance lease liabilities were as follows:

 

   2024   2023   2022 
   As of March 31, 
   2024   2023   2022 
   USD   USD   USD 
Year ending March 31,               
2023   -    -    51,803 
2024   -    96,508    46,577 
2025   73,757    96,508    30,898 
2026   69,683    82,954    17,345 
2027   49,207    49,207    - 
Total undiscounted finance lease payments   192,647    325,177    146,623 
Less: imputed interest   (10,780)   (23,845)   (11,015)
Finance lease liabilities recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet   181,867    301,332    135,608 

 

8. Accounts payable

 

Components of accounts payable are as follows as of March 31:

 

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31, 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
         
Trade payables   3,166,177    1,884,046 
Total   3,166,177    1,884,046 

 

9. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

 

Components of accrued expenses and other current liabilities are as follows as of March 31:

 

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31, 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
         
Accruals for operating expenses   129,868    83,351 
Other payables   6,923    - 
Total   136,791    83,351 

 

F-21
 

 

10. Bank Borrowings

 

Components of bank borrowings are as follows as of March 31:

      %   USD   USD 
      Interest   As of March 31, 
      rate   2024   2023 
      %   USD   USD 
                
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 1  (1)   

5.97

/ 4.26

%

%

   110,769    110,769 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 2  (2)   5.625%   -    256,410 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 3  (2)   5.84%   -    192,308 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 4  (2)   5.78%   -    192,308 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 5  (2)   5.625%   -    128,205 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 6  (2)   5.625%   -    256,410 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 7  (2)   5.625%   -    384,615 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 8  (2)   5.625%   -    192,308 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 9  (2)   5.74%   -    128,205 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 10  (2)   5.625%   -    64,103 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 11  (2)   5.625%   -    192,308 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 12  (2)   5.625%   -    141,026 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 13  (2)   5.625%   -    179,487 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 14  (2)   6.64%   256,410    - 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 15  (2)   7.03%   461,538    - 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 16  (2)   6.64%   628,205    - 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 17  (2)   6.68%   141,026    - 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 18  (2)   6.72%   320,513    - 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 19  (2)   6.6%   384,615    - 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 20  (2)   6.64%   115,385    - 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 21  (3)   4.775%   327,298    - 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 22  (3)   4.775%   327,298    - 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 23  (4)   4.775%   562,694    - 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 24  (5)   

3.625

/3.375

%

%

   123,371    128,205 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 25  (6)   

3.625

/3.375

%

%

   120,011    124,116 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 26  (7)   

3.625

/3.375

%

%

   453,240    472,205 
The Bank of East Asia, Limited – Loan 27  (8)   3.625%   384,615    - 
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 1  (9)   4.56%   -    51,905 
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Loan 1  (10)   

3.625

/3.375

%

%

   100,049    104,306 
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Loan 2  (11)   

3.625

/3.375

%

%

   371,018    388,271 
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Loan 3  (12)   

3.625

/3.375

%

%

   111,576    117,126 
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Loan 4  (13)   

3.625

/ 3.375

%

%

   381,598    384,615 
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 1  (14)   4.65%   -    205,129 
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 2  (14)   4.43%   -    80,770 
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 3  (14)   5.01%   -    410,256 
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 4  (14)   5.29%   238,462    - 
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 5  (14)   5.45%   166,667    - 
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 6  (14)   5.48%   205,128    - 
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 7  (14)   6.8%   85,898    - 
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited – Loan 8  (15)   1.2% + LIBOR      474,849    436,752 
  Total long-term bank borrowings            6,852,233    5,322,118 
                    
Less: current portion of long-term bank borrowings            (3,818,453)   (3,823,633)
                    
Non-current portion of long-term bank borrowings            3,033,780    1,498,485 

 

(1) On January 18, 2024 and 2023, the Company borrowed USD110,769 (HK$864,000) as working capital for 12 months at an annual interest rate of 5.97% and 4.26% with The Bank of East Asia, Limited, respectively. The loan was secured by the insured value of life insurance policy (amounted to USD1,000,000) of the Company, accounts receivable, net of the Company and a property located in Hong Kong which held by a director of the Company.

 

F-22
 

 

(2) As of March 31, 2024, the Company borrowed USD2,307,692 (HK$18,000,000) (2023: USD2,307,693 (HK$18,000,000)) as working capital for one to three months at an annual interest rate ranged from 6.64% to 7.03% (2023: 5.625% to 5.84%) as revolving loans with The Bank of East Asia, Limited. The loan was secured by personal guarantees from the directors of the Company, accounts receivable, net of the Company and a property located in Hong Kong which held by a director of the Company.
   
(3) On August 28, 2023, the Company borrowed USD666,667 (HK$5,200,000) as working capital for twenty years at an annual interest rate of 4.775% with The Bank of East Asia, Limited. The loan was secured by two properties located in Hong Kong which held by a related company of the Company.
   
(4) On February 28, 2024, the Company borrowed USD564,103 (HK$4,400,000) as purchase of a property for twenty years at an annual interest rate of 4.775% with The Bank of East Asia, Limited. The loan was secured by, accounts receivable, net of the Company and a property located in Hong Kong which held by the Company.
   
(5) On March 25, 2021, the Company borrowed USD128,205 (HK$1,000,000) as working capital for eleven years at an annual interest rate of 3.625% (2023: 3.375%) with The Bank of East Asia, Limited. The loan was secured by personal guarantee from a director of the Company.
   
(6) On December 16, 2021, the Company borrowed USD128,205 (HK$1,000,000) as working capital for eleven years at an annual interest rate of 3.625% (2023: 3.375%) with The Bank of East Asia, Limited. The loan was secured by personal guarantee from a director of the Company.
   
(7) On November 26, 2020, the Company borrowed USD512,821 (HK$4,000,000) as working capital for eleven years at an annual interest rate of 3.625% (2023: 3.375%) with The Bank of East Asia, Limited. The loan was secured by personal guarantee from a director of the Company.
   
(8) On May 25, 2023, the Company borrowed USD384,615 (HK$3,000,000) as working capital for ten years at an annual interest rate of 3.625% with The Bank of East Asia, Limited. The loan was secured by personal guarantee from a director of the Company.
   
(9) On August 24, 2018 the Company borrowed USD512,821 (HK$4,000,000) as working capital for five years at an annual interest rate of 4.56% with Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. The loan was secured by personal guarantee from a director of the Company. This loan was fully repaid during the year ended March 31, 2024.
   
(10) On October 21, 2020 the Company borrowed USD128,205 (HK$1,000,000) as working capital for eight years at an annual interest rate of 3.625% (2023: 3.375%) with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. The loan was secured by personal guarantee from a director of the Company.
   
(11) On May 25, 2020 the Company borrowed USD512,821 (HK$4,000,000) as working capital for eight years at an annual interest rate of 3.625% (2023: 3.375%) with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. The loan was secured by personal guarantee from a director of the Company.
   
(12) On July 13, 2021 the Company borrowed USD128,205 (HK$1,000,000) as working capital for eight years at an annual interest rate of 3.625% (2023: 3.375%) with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. The loan was secured by personal guarantee from a director of the Company.
   
(13) On March 15, 2023 the Company borrowed USD384,615 (HK$3,000,000) as working capital for ten years at an annual interest rate of 3.625% (2023: 3.375%) with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. The loan was secured by personal guarantee from a director of the Company.
   
(14) As of March 31, 2024, the Company borrowed USD696,155 (HK$5,430,000) (2023: 696,155 (HK$5,430,000)) as working capital for one to four months at an annual interest rate ranged from 5.29% to 6.8% (2023: 4.43% to 5.01%) as revolving loans with DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. The loan was secured by personal guarantees from a director of the Company, accounts receivable, net of the Company and two properties located in Hong Kong which are held by a related company of the Company.
   
(15) The amount represented bank overdrafts as of March 31, 2024 and 2023, which was secured by personal guarantees from a director of the Company, accounts receivable, net of the Company and two properties located in Hong Kong which are held by a related company of the Company.

 

F-23
 

 

Interest expenses pertaining to the above bank borrowings for the years ended March 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 amounted to USD275,796, USD159,955 and USD66,521, respectively.

 

Maturities of the principal and interest payments of bank borrowings were as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
Year ending March 31,        
2023  -   - 
2024   -    3,914,321 
2025   3,986,662    308,591 
2026   405,957    308,591 
2027   405,957    308,591 
2028   405,957    308,591 
2029   405,957    201,204 
2030   405,957    71,911 
2031   340,441    49,613 
2032   283,173    49,613 
2033   204,066    45,477 
2034   103,973    - 
2035 - 2044   922,351    - 
Total bank borrowings repayments   7,870,451    5,566,503 
Less: imputed interest   (1,018,218)   (244,385)
Total bank borrowings recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet   6,852,233    5,322,118 

 

As of March 31, 2024, a total of USD3,522,222 of the bank borrowings has been repaid.

 

11. General and Administrative Expenses

 

   2024   2023      2022  
   For the years ended March 31,  
   2024   2023    2022  
   USD   USD    USD  
Bank charges   20,260    23,043      14,830  
Debt collection fee   73,077    -      -  
Depreciation   4,066    -      -  
Entertainment   81,038    51,325      29,615  
Expected credit loss allowance   30,075    71,386      8,966  
IPO costs   545,414    -      -  
Motor vehicle expenses   51,286    76,634      17,839  
Rental expenses   37,179    33,333      21,260  
Site administrative expenses   287,217    88,652      11,410  
Staff costs   515,774    395,844      322,950  
Others   201,367    115,380      85,780  
                   
Total   1,846,753    855,597      512,650  

 

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.

 

On 21 March 2018, the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed The Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 7) Bill 2017 (the “Bill”) which introduces the two-tiered profits tax rates regime. The Bill was signed into law on 28 March 2018 and was gazetted on the following day. Under the two-tiered profits tax rates regime, the first HK$2 million of estimated assessable profits of the qualifying group entity will be taxed at 8.25%, and estimated assessable profits above HK$2 million will be taxed at 16.5%. The profits of group entities not qualifying for the two-tiered profits tax rates regime will continue to be taxed at a flat rate of 16.5%.

 

F-24
 

 

The components of the income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:

 

 

   2024   2023   2022 
   For the years ended March 31, 
   2024   2023   2022 
   USD   USD     
Current               
Cayman Islands   -    -    - 
British Virgin Islands   -    -    - 
Hong Kong   649,119    469,692    318,090 
Current   649,119    469,692    318,090 
                
Deferred               
Cayman Islands   -    -    - 
British Virgin Islands   -    -    - 
Hong Kong   (183)   (803)   (994)
Deferred   (183)   (803)   (994)
                
Total   648,936    468,889    317,096 

 

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:

 

 

   2024   2023 
   As of March 31, 
   2024   2023 
   USD   USD 
MSE:        
Provision for allowance of credit losses   150    2,256 
Net operating loss carryforward   281,951    192,953 
Total deferred tax assets   282,101    195,209 
Less: valuation allowance   (281,951)   (192,953)
Deferred tax assets, net   150    2,256 
           
MSHK:          
Property and equipment   (9,038)   (530)
Right-of-use assets – finance lease   (18,490)   (22,218)
Total deferred tax liabilities – equipment and right-of-use assets – finance lease   (27,528)   (22,748)
Deferred tax assets - provision for allowance of credit losses   26,650    19,581 
Deferred tax liabilities, net   (878)   (3,167)
           
Deferred tax assets (liabilities), net   (728)   (911)

 

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had net operating loss carry forward of USD1,708,793 (HK$13,328,585) (2023: USD1,169,414 (HK$9,121,430)), from MSE, which were operating at losses prior to the year ended March 31, 2024, and prior to the date of acquisition, October 20, 2021 amounted to USD667,911 (HK$5,209,704). These losses can offset future taxable income and can be carried forward indefinitely. As of March 31, 2024, management considers evidence, both positive and negative, that could affect its view of the future realization of deferred tax assets. The Company believed that it was more likely than not that MSE will be unable to fully utilize its deferred tax assets related to the net operating loss carry forward in Hong Kong. As a result, the valuation allowance of USD281,951 (2023: USD192,953) was recorded against the gross deferred tax asset balance at March 31, 2024 and 2023 respectively. For the year ended March 31, 2024, no net operating loss carry forward has been utilized.

 

F-25
 

 

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.

 

 

   2024   2023   2022 
   For the years ended March 31, 
   2024   2023   2022 
   USD   USD   USD 
             
Profit before income taxes   2,975,533    3,256,125    2,120,605 
Hong Kong Profits Tax rate   16.5%   16.5%   16.5%
Income taxes computed at Hong Kong Profits Tax rate   490,963    537,260    349,900 
                
Reconciling items:               
Tax effect of income that is not taxable*   (25)   (127,476)   (12,088)
Tax effect of non-deductible expenditure   90,539    -    - 
Change in valuation allowance   88,998    81,028    1,720 
Effect of two-tier tax rate   (21,154)   (21,154)   (21,154)
Statutory tax deduction#   (385)   (769)   (1,282)
Income tax expense   648,936    468,889    317,096 

 

* Income that is not taxable mainly consisted of the government subsidies which are non-taxable under Hong Kong income tax law.
   
# It represents a reduction granted by the Hong Kong SAR Government of 100% of the tax payable subject to a maximum reduction of HK$3,000 (2023: HK$6,000) (2022: HK$10,000) for each business.

 

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13. Earnings per share

 

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.

 

Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted average number of ordinary shares and dilutive ordinary share equivalents outstanding during the period.

 

 

         
   For the year ended 
   2024   2023   2022 
Numerator               
Net income-basic and diluted   2,326,597    2,787,236    1,803,509 
                
Denominator               
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding-basic and diluted   11,250,000    11,250,000    8,136,986 
                
Earnings per share-basic and diluted   0.21    0.25    0.22 

 

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)    -    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 report.

 

  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.

 

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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 USD1,563,090.

 

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:

 Schedule of Disaggregation Revenue

 

   2024   2023   2022 
   For the years ended March 31, 
   2024   2023   2022 
   USD   USD   USD 
Sector               
Public   11,488,228    6,307,454    2,029,667 
Private   16,084,464    15,560,766    12,354,313 
Total revenue   27,572,692    21,868,220    14,383,980 

 

ASC 280,“分部报告”,建立了在一致的基础上报告有关经营分部的信息的标准 拥有公司内部组织结构以及地理区域、业务板块和主要信息 财务报表中的客户了解公司业务部门的详细信息。

 

的 公司使用管理方法来确定可报告的经营分部。管理方法考虑内部组织 以及公司首席运营决策者(“CODM”)林伟坤先生(MSHK董事)使用的报告, 用于做出决策、分配资源和评估绩效。

 

基于 经管理层评估,公司确定其仅 运营部门,因此 可报告 ASC 280定义的分部。截至2024年、2023年和2022年3月31日止年度,香港境内的收入和资产贡献了 超过 90% 公司总收入和资产的比例。因此,没有呈列任何地理分部。单个段 代表公司的核心业务,即为其提供湿贸易工程和其他湿贸易相关辅助工程 香港的客户。

 

17. 后续事件

 

的 公司已评估了自2024年3月31日起直至获得这些综合财务报表之日的所有事件 除非下文披露,否则不存在任何需要在合并财务报表中披露的重大后续事件 报表

 

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