UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F/A
(Amendment No. 1)
☐ 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 October 31, 2023
OR
☐ TRANSITIONAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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 ________
For the transition period from __________ to __________
Commission file number 001-41573
Caravelle International Group
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
Cayman Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
60 Paya Lebar Road
#05-47 Paya Lebar Square
Singapore 409051
(65) 8304 8372
(Address of principal executive offices)
Hanxi Chang, Chief Executive Officer
60 Paya Lebar Road
#05-47 Paya Lebar Square
Singapore 409051
(65) 8304 8372
Email: hanxi.chang@htcoglobal.com
(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 class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share | | HTCO | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
(Title of Class)
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
(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: as of October 31, 2023, 52,774,579 ordinary shares were issued and outstanding.
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 ☒
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. **Yes ☐ No ☒
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:
U.S. GAAP ☒ | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued By the International Accounting Standards Board ☐ | Other ☐ |
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 ☐
Auditor Name: | | Auditor Location: | | Auditor Firm ID: |
WWC, P.C. | | San Mateo, California | | 1171 |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 on Form 20-F/A (“Amendment”) to Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended October 31, 2024 (the “Original Form 20-F”) of Caravelle International Group (the “Company”), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 9. 2024 (the “Original Filing Date”), is being filed solely to amend Exhibits 12.1 and 12.2 filed with the Original Form 20-F.
The Exhibits 12.1 and 12.2 filed herewith supersede Exhibits 12.1 and 12.2 filed with the Original Form 20-F. Except for the revised Exhibits, this Amendment does not reflect any events that may have occurred subsequent to the Original Filing Date and does not modify or update any disclosures made in the Original Form 20-F, except that the Company updated its trading symbol on the cover page of this Amendment, which was changed from “CACO” to “HTCO” effective September 30, 2024. The Company is not including certifications pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C.1350) as no financial statements are being filed with this Amendment.
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. | | Description |
1.1* | | Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Caravelle (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Caravelle’s Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-267558), filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022). |
2.1* | | Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate of Caravelle (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of Caravelle’s Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-267558), filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022). |
2.2* | | Description of Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 of the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022) (File No. 231217336), filed with the SEC on August 28, 2023. |
4.1* | | Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement by and between Caravelle International Group and Lind Global Fund II LP dated August 6, 2024. |
4.2* | | Termination Agreement by and between Caravelle International Group and Lind Global Fund II LP dated August 6, 2024. |
4.3* | | Caravelle International Group 2022 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of Caravelle’s Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on Form F-4 (File 333-267558), filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022). |
4.4* | | Form of Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Caravelle’s Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on Form F-4 (File 333-267558), filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022). |
4.5* | | Ship Chartering Mandate Agreements between Topsheen Shipping Limited and Topsheen Shipping Singapore Pte. Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of Caravelle’s Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on Form F-4 (File 333-267558), filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022). |
8.1* | | List of Subsidiaries of Caravelle incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 of Caravelle’s registration statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-267558), filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022). |
12.1** | | CEO Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
12.2** | | CFO Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
13.1*** | | CEO Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
13.2*** | | CFO Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
14.1* | | Code of Ethics |
16.1* | | Letter from Friedman, LLP to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dated August 28, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16.1 of the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022). |
16.2* | | Letter from Marcum Asia CPAs, LLP to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dated August 12, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16.1 of Caravelle’s Form 6-K furnished with the SEC on August 12, 2024). |
19.1* | | Insider Trading Policy. |
97.1* | | Compensatory Recovery Policy of Caravelle International Group |
101. SCH* | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. |
101. CAL* | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. |
101. DEF* | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. |
101. LAB* | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. |
101. PRE* | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. |
104* | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document |
| * | Previously filed with the Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 9, 2024. |
** | Filed herewith. |
| |
*** | Previously furnished with the Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 9, 2024. |
SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Report on its behalf.
| CARAVELLE INTERNATIONAL GROUP |
| | |
| By: | /s/ Hanxi Chang |
| | Name: | Hanxi Chang |
| | Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
Date: October 17, 2024
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