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Addentax Group Corp.
Addentax Group Corp.
10/11/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/11/2024 04:19
Initial Registration Statement for Employee Benefit Plan Form S 8
As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10, 2024
Registration No.: 333-______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ADDENTAX GROUP CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Nevada | 35-2521028 | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |
| Incorporation or Organization) | Identification No.) |
| Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805, Luohu District, Shenzhen City, China | 518000 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
2024 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Mr. Hong Zhida
Chief Executive Officer
Addentax Group Corp.
Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805,
Luohu District, Shenzhen City, China 518000
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
+(86) 755 8233 0336
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy To:
Lawrence Venick, Esq.
Loeb & Loeb LLP
2206-19 Jardine House
1 Connaught Place, Central
Hong Kong SAR
Telephone: +852-3923-1111
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information
All information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectuses is omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to participants in the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan ("2024 Plan"), as the case may be, covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute prospectuses that meet the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectuses), any other document required to be delivered to participants pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act or additional information about any of the plans covered by this Registration Statement is available without charge by contacting:
Mr. Hong Zhida
Chief Executive Officer
Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805
Luohu District, Shenzhen City,
People's Republic of China, 518000
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, and all documents we subsequently file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents:
| (1) | the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on August 10, 2022, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such information; | |
| (2) | our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on July 15, 2024; | |
| (3) | The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2024 filed with the Commission on August 14, 2024 (Commission File No. 001-41478); | |
| (4) | our Proxy Statement on definitive Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on May 30, 2024 in connection with the annual meeting of stockholders held on June 28, 2024; | |
| (5) | all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. The Registrant is not incorporating by reference any document or portion thereof, whether specifically listed above or to be filed in the future, that is not deemed "filed" with the Commission. |
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
We are a Nevada corporation and generally governed by the Nevada Private Corporations Code, Title 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, or NRS.
Section 78.138 of the NRS provides that, unless the corporation's articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a director or officer will not be individually liable unless it is proven that (i) the director's or officer's acts or omissions constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties, and (ii) such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law.
Section 78.7502.1 of the NRS permits a Nevada corporation to indemnify its directors and officers against expenses, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with a threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, except an action by or on behalf of the corporation, if the officer or director (i) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138, or (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner the officer or director reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, if a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of the officer or director was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person is liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful.
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Section 78.7502.2 of the NRS also permits a Nevada corporation to indemnify its directors and officers against expenses, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with a threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, if the officer or director (i) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138, or (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner the officer or director reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, if a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of the officer or director was unlawful. Indemnification pursuant to this section may not be made for any claim, issue, or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of any appeals taken therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.
Discretionary indemnification pursuant to Section 78.7502.1 or Section 7502.2, unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to NRS 78.7501.2, may be made only as authorized upon a determination that the indemnification is proper under the circumstances. The determination that indemnification is proper under the circumstances may be made by the stockholders, the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit, or proceeding, or opinion of independent counsel if a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit, or proceeding so orders, or a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit, or proceeding cannot be obtained.
Section 78.751 of the NRS requires a corporation to indemnify its officers and directors if they have been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any claim, issue, or matter resulting from their service as a director or officer.
Section 78.751 of the NRS also permits a Nevada corporation to indemnify its officers and directors against expenses incurred by them in defending a civil or criminal action, suit, or proceeding as they are incurred and in advance of final disposition thereof, upon receipt of an undertaking of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. Section 78.751 of the NRS further permits the corporation to grant its directors and officers additional rights of indemnification under its articles of incorporation, bylaws, or other agreement. Our Amended and Restated Bylaws generally provide for indemnification of our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under Nevada law and require that we pay such expenses upon receipt of such an undertaking. We have also entered to agreements with certain directors that provide for indemnification.
Section 78.752 of the NRS provides that a Nevada corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, for any liability asserted against him and liability and expenses incurred by him in his capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation has the authority to indemnify him against such liability and expenses. Our Amended and Restated Bylaws implement the insurance provisions above by providing that our board of directors may direct that we purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of our directors and officers.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is hereby made to the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(a) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(b) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
(c) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant hereby certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in City of Luohu District, Shenzhen City, People's Republic of China on October 10, 2024.
| ADDENTAX GROUP CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Hong Zhida | |
| Name: | Hong Zhida | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitute and appoint Hong Zhida and Hung Chao, or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-facts and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements to this Registration Statement, or any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ Hong Zhida | CEO, President, Secretary and Director | October 10, 2024 | ||
| Hong Zhida | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
| /s/ Huang Chao | CFO and Treasurer | October 10, 2024 | ||
| Huang Chao | (Principal Financial and | |||
| Accounting Officer) | ||||
| /s/ Hong Zhiwang | Director | October 10, 2024 | ||
| Hong Zhiwang | ||||
| /s/ Li Weilin | Independent Director | October 10, 2024 | ||
| Li Weilin | ||||
| /s/ Alex P. Hamilton | Independent Director | October 10, 2024 | ||
| Alex P. Hamilton | ||||
| /s/ Xiao Jiangping (Gary) | Independent Director | October 10, 2024 | ||
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Xiao Jiangping (Gary) |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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