UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
☒** ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**
For the fiscal year ended December 31,2023
or
☐** TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**
For the transition period from to
Commission file number:001-38909
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| British Virgin Islands | N/A |
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| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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| AGBA Tower 68 Johnston Road Wan Chai, Hong Kong SAR | N/A |
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| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:+852 3601 8000
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered |
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| Ordinary Shares, $0.001 par value | AGBA | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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| Warrants, each warrant exercisable for one-half of one Ordinary Share for $11.50 per full share | AGBAW | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:** None.**
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
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| Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
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| Emerging Growth Company | ☒ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☒
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b)1.☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes☐ No☒
At June 30, 2023, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the ordinary shares of the registrant held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $13,594,412.
The number of shares of the ordinary shares of the registrant outstanding as of March 26, 2024 was 74,391,357.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
None.
| 1 | The previous compensation made to the executive officers during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, was not incentive-based, and therefore, this box is unchecked. |
FORM 10-K
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023
| PART I | | 1 |
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| Item 1. | Business | 1 |
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| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 11 |
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| Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 35 |
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| Item 1C. | Cybersecurity | 35 |
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| Item 2. | Properties | 36 |
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| Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 37 |
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| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 37 |
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| PART II | | 38 |
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| Item 5. | Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 38 |
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| Item 6. | [Reserved] | 39 |
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| Item 7. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 39 |
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| Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 58 |
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| Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 58 |
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| Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures | 58 |
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| Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures | 59 |
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| Item 9B. | Other Information | 59 |
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| Item 9C. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections | 59 |
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| PART III | | 60 |
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| Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 60 |
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| Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 64 |
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| Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 66 |
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| Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 67 |
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| Item 14. | Principal Accounting Fees and Services | 69 |
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| PART IV | | 70 |
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| Item 15. | Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules | 70 |
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FREQUENTLY USED TERMS
Unless otherwise stated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K or unless the context requires otherwise, references in this annual report to:
| ● | “AAL” means AGBA Acquisition Limited, our predecessor company prior to the consummation of the Business Combination; |
| ● | “AGBA,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “our company”, “the Company”, “the Group” and any similar term means AGBA Group Holding Limited; |
| ● | “Business Combination Agreement” means that certain Business Combination Agreement dated November 3, 2021 by and among AAL, B2B, B2BSub, HKSub, OPH, Fintech, and TAG, TAG International Limited, TAG Asia Capital Holdings Limited, and their collective subsidiaries, as amended on November 18, 2021, January 4, 2022, May 4, 2022, and October 21, 2022, and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and its schedules and exhibits thereto; |
| ● | “Business Day” means any day (except any Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday) on which banks in New York City, New York are open for business; |
| ● | “BVI” means the British Virgin Islands; |
| ● | “BVI Companies Law” means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended from time to time); |
| ● | “China,” “mainland China,” or the “PRC” means the People’s Republic of China; |
| ● | “Convoy Global” means Convoy Global Holdings Limited, TAG’s ultimate parent company; |
| ● | “COVID-19” means the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2; |
| ● | “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; |
| ● | “Greater Bay Area” or “GBA” means the geographic region comprising Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and the surrounding area; |
| ● | “Hong Kong” means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China; |
| ● | “Hong Kong Dollars” or “HK$” means the lawful currency of Hong Kong; |
| ● | “IPO” means the initial public offering of AAL, completed on May 16, 2019; |
| ● | “Legacy Group” means Convoy Global and its subsidiaries and affiliates; |
| ● | “Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Capital Market; |
| ● | “ordinary shares” or “AGBA Shares” means the ordinary shares of AGBA, US$0.001 par value per share; |
| ● | “PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the United States; |
| ● | “OPH” means OnePlatform Holdings Limited; |
| ● | “SEC” or “Securities and Exchange Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States; |
| ● | “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; |
| ● | “Sponsor” means AGBA Holding Limited; |
| ● | “TAG” means TAG Holdings Limited; |
| ● | “Transfer Agent” or “Continental” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company; |
| ● | “U.S. Dollars,” “USD,” and “US$” means the legal currency of the United States; and |
| ● | “U.S. GAAP” means the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. |
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the information incorporated herein by reference, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination described herein, and the financial condition, results of operations, earnings outlook, and prospects of Company. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “might”, “ongoing,” “outlook,” “plan,” “possible”, “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should”, “strive”, “would”, “will,” and other similar words and expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.
The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of the Company and its management and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of such statement. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties, or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
| ● | the Company’s future capital requirements and sources and uses of cash; |
| ● | the Company’s ability to obtain funding or raise capital for its operations and future growth, in particular to fund capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate activities; |
| ● | estimated future capital expenditures needed to preserve the Company’s capital base; |
| ● | economic downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the industry in which the Company operates; |
| ● | assumptions regarding interest rates and inflation; |
| ● | product liability or regulatory lawsuits or proceedings relating to the Company’s products and services; |
| ● | inability to secure or protect its intellectual property; |
| ● | dispute or deterioration of the relationship with the Company’s major partners and collaborators; |
| ● | the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company following completion of the business combination and transactions contemplated thereby; |
| ● | the ability to maintain the listing of its ordinary shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”); |
| ● | the risk that the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations; |
| ● | the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, and the ability of the Company to grow and manage growth profitably; |
| ● | costs related to the business combination; |
| ● | the possibility that COVID-19 may adversely affect the results of operations, financial position and cash flows after the business combination; and |
| ● | other risks and uncertainties indicated in this report, including those set forth under Part I, Item 1A.“Risk Factors.” |
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should any of the assumptions made by the management of the Company prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.
All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the business combination or other matters addressed in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and attributable to the Company or any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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