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ARB IOT Group Ltd

For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Oct 30, 2024.

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FY2024 · Filed Oct 30, 2024

ARBB$3.44-4.1%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

(Mark one)

☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended June 30,2024

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________ to _________

OR

☐ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report __________

Commission file number001-41665

ARB IOT Group Limited

(Exact name of the Registrant as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Cayman Islands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Level 39, Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 2, 10 Marina Boulevard, 018983 Singapore

(Address of principal executive offices)

Dato’ Sri Liew Kok Leong, Chief Executive Officer

**Tel:+6588567206 **

Email: contact@arbiotgroup.com

22.08, Level 22, Menara Exchange 106, Lingkaran TRX, Tun Razak Exchange, 55188 Kuala Lumpur

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per shareARBBThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

None

(Title of Class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:26,437,500 Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, as of June 30, 2024.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

☐ Yes☒ No

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

☐ Yes☒ No

Note – Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed 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, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated filer ☐Accelerated filer ☐Non-accelerated filer ☒
Emerging Growth Company ☒

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

†The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

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). ☐

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

US GAAP ☐International Financial Reporting Standards as issuedOther ☐
by the International Accounting Standards Board ☒

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

☐ Item 17☐ Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

☐ Yes☒ No

(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

☐ Yes☐ No

Annual Report on Form 20-F

Year Ended June 30, 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I
Item 1.Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers1
Item 2.Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable1
Item 3.Key Information1
3.A.[Reserved]1
3.B.Capitalization and Indebtedness1
3.C.Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds1
3.D.Risk Factors1
Item 4.Information on the Company29
4.A.History and Development of the Company29
4.B.Business Overview32
4.C.Organizational Structure46
4.D.Property, Plants and Equipment46
Item 4A.Unresolved Staff Comments46
Item 5.Operating and Financial Review and Prospects46
5.A.Operating Results47
5.B.Liquidity and Capital Resources56
5.C.Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, etc.57
5.D.Trend Information57
5.E.Critical Accounting Estimates57
Item 6.Directors, Senior Management and Employees60
6.A.Directors and Senior Management60
6.B.Compensation62
6.C.Board Practices62
6.D.Employees65
6.E.Share Ownership66
6.F.Disclosure of a registrant’s action to recover erroneously awarded compensation66
Item 7.Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions66
7.A.Major Shareholders66
7.B.Related Party Transactions67
7.C.Interests of Experts and Counsel68
Item 8.Financial Information68
8.A.Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information68
8.B.Significant Changes68
Item 9.The Offer and Listing69
9.A.Offer and Listing Details69
9.B.Plan of Distribution69
9.C.Markets69
9.D.Selling Shareholders69
9.E.Dilution69
9.F.Expenses of the Issue69
Item 10.Additional Information69
10.A.Share Capital69
10.B.Memorandum and Articles of Association69
10.C.Material Contracts69
10.D.Exchange Controls69
10.E.Taxation70
10.F.Dividends and Paying Agents70
10.G.Statements by Experts70
10.H.Documents on Display70
10.I.Subsidiary Information70
Item 11.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk71
Item 12.Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities71
12.A.Debt Securities71
12.B.Warrants and Rights71
12.C.Other Securities71
12.D.American Depositary Shares71

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PART II
Item 13.Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies72
Item 14.Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds72
Item 15.Controls and Procedures72
Item 16.[Reserved]73
16A.Audit Committee and Financial Expert73
16B.Code of Ethics74
16C.Principal Accountant Fees and Services74
16D.Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees75
16E.Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers75
16F.Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant75
16G.Corporate Governance75
16H.Mine Safety Disclosure76
16I.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections76
16J.Insider Trading Policies76
16K.Cybersecurity76
PART III
Item 17.Financial Statements78
Item 18.Financial Statements78
Item 19.Exhibits78

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CERTAIN INFORMATION

As used in this Annual Report on Form 20-F (the “Annual Report”), unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to:

●“ASEAN” are to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, currently comprised of ten member states in Southeast Asia, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Viet Nam, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Cambodia;
●“Exchange Act” are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
●“IPO Form F-1” are to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-267697), initially filed by the Company on September 30, 2022 and declared effective by the SEC on March 30, 2023.
●“IFRS” are to the International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board;
●“RM” or “Ringgit Malaysia” are to the legal currency of Malaysia;
●“SEC” are to the Securities and Exchange Commission;
●“Securities Act” are to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
●“U.S. dollars,” “dollars,” “USD” or “$” are to the legal currency of the United States; and
●“we,” “us,” “the Company,” “our,” “our Company” or “ARB IOT Group” are to the combined business of ARB IOT Group Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Our reporting currency and our functional currency is RM. This Annual Report contains translations of RM amounts into USD at specific rates solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from RM to USD in this Annual Report were made at a rate of RM4.722 to $1.00. We make no representation that any RM could have been, or could be, converted into USD, as the case may be, at any particular rate, at the rates stated below, or at all. The Malaysian government imposes control over its foreign currency reserves in part through direct regulation of the conversion of RM into foreign exchange and through restrictions on foreign trade. On June 30, 2024, the exchange rate was RM4.722 to $1.00. Any discrepancies in any table between totals and sums of the amounts listed are due to rounding.

Our fiscal year end is June 30. References to a particular “fiscal year” are to our fiscal year ended June 30 of that calendar year. Our audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report contains many statements that are “forward-looking” and uses forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “future,” “intend,” “may,” “ought to,” “plan,” “possible,” “potentially,” “predicts,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would,” negatives of such terms or other similar statements. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement due to its inherent risk and uncertainties, both general and specific. Although we believe the assumptions on which the forward-looking statements are based are reasonable and within the bounds of our knowledge of our business and operations as of the date of this Annual Report, any or all of those assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. As a result, the forward-looking statements based on those assumptions could also be incorrect. The forward-looking statements in this Annual Report include, without limitation, statements relating to:

●our goals and strategies;
●our future business development, financial condition and results of operations;
●expected changes in our revenue, costs or expenditure;
●our expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of our products and services;
●competition in our industry; and
●government policies and regulations relating to our industry.

The forward-looking statements included in this Annual Report are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about our businesses and business environments. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are not a guarantee of future performance. Actual results of our operations may differ materially from information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of risk factors, some of which are described under the headings “Risk Factors,” “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects,” “Information on our Company” and elsewhere in this Annual Report. Such risks and uncertainties are not exhaustive. Other sections of this Annual Report include additional factors which could adversely impact our business and financial performance. The forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report speak only as of the date of this Annual Report or, if obtained from third-party studies or reports, the date of the corresponding study or report, and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements in this Annual Report. Since we operate in an emerging and evolving environment and new risk factors and uncertainties emerge from time to time, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Except as otherwise required by the securities laws of the United States, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Annual Report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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