Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term
is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report. Our disclosure
controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under
the Exchange Act is (1) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms,
and (2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate
to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well
designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment
in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Based on such evaluation of our disclosure controls
and procedures as of February 29, 2024, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that due to the existence of
material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting, as discussed in more detail below, our disclosure controls and
procedures were not effective as of February 29, 2024. Management has continued to monitor the implementation of the remediation plan
described below.
Management’s annual report on internal
control over financial reporting
Management of FingerMotion, Inc. is responsible
for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f)
and 15d-15(f). The Company’s internal control over financial reporting (“ ICFR ”) is designed under the supervision
of our Chief Executive Officer, acting in the capacity of principal executive officer, and our Chief Financial Officer, acting in the
capacity of principal financial officer, and effected by our board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. The Company’s ICFR includes those policies and procedures that: (i)
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the
Company’s assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, and that the Company’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations
of the Company’s management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those
systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation,
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
We are a
“smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. For as long as we continue
to be a smaller reporting company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other
public companies that are not smaller reporting companies.
Our management, including our principal financial
officer, assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of February 29, 2024 in accordance
with the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission (the “ COSO Framework ”).
Based on this assessment,
Management concluded that certain aspects of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of February 29, 2024, were not
effective.
A material weakness,
as defined in standards established pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in internal controls
over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement or our annual or interim consolidated
financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
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The ineffectiveness of
our internal control over financial reporting was due to the following material weakness, which also existed as of February 28,2023:
· We have
limited segregation of duties and oversight of work performed as well as lack of compensating controls in the Company’s finance
and accounting functions due to limited personnel. As a result, segregation of all conflicting duties may not always be possible and
may not be economically feasible. Furthermore, we cannot provide reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures are being made only
in accordance with management and director authorization. However, to the extent possible, the initiation of transactions, the custody
of assets and the recording of transactions should be performed by separate individuals.
Management’s
Plan to Remediate the Material Weaknesses:
Management has taken
significant steps towards remediation of these material weaknesses in 2023 and has been implementing and continues to implement measures
designed to ensure that control deficiencies contributing to the material weakness are remediated, such that these controls are designed,
implemented, validated, and operating effectively. The remediation actions include:
· Management has documented a complete set of controls
incorporating segregation of duties, separate individuals performing and reviewing controls, and proper authorization and segregation
of duties around payments and expenditures in 2023. Management has implemented most of these controls in 2023 and will complete implementation
in 2024.
· Management has implemented corporate governance
policies and charters that will further align the Company’s governance procedures with the requirements noted in the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act, including a Codes of Business Conduct and Ethics, which reflects the overall corporate principles, policies and values that provides
overall guidance for our control procedures.
Management will consider
this deficiency fully remediated after the controls are tested and are deemed to be operating effectively for an appropriate number of
contiguous consecutive periods.
Remediation Of Material
Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The Company had previously
reported that, as of February 28, 2023, it had identified the following material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting:
· We did not have written documentation of our
internal control policies and procedures. Written documentation of key internal controls over financial reporting is a requirement of
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which is applicable to us as a reporting company subject to the Exchange Act of 1934.
During the year ended
February 29, 2024, the Company has taken corrective action and/or placed in operation, steps to address the material weakness described
above. Over the course of the year, and concluding in the fourth quarter, management finalized a complete set of risk-based process and
control narratives and presented these to the Audit Committee and Board of Directors. These narratives were reviewed by senior management,
and will be subject to continued oversight by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors going forward.
Based on the corrective
actions described above, it is Management’s conclusion the material weakness noted above that existed as of February 28, 2023 has
been remediated.
Notwithstanding the assessment that our ICFR was
not effective as of February 29, 2024 and that there is a material weaknesses as identified herein, we believe that our consolidated financial
statements contained in this Annual Report fairly present our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period
covered thereby in all material respects. We are committed to continuing to improve our internal control processes and we are undertaking
measures to remediate the material weaknesses we have identified and generally strengthen our internal control over financial reporting.
We will also continue to further review, optimize, and enhance our financial reporting controls and procedures. These material weaknesses
will not be considered remediated until the applicable remediated controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has
concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively.
This Annual Report does not include an attestation
report of our registered public accounting firm regarding our internal control over financial reporting. The attestation report by our
registered public accounting firm was not required pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit us to provide only our management’s
report on internal control over financial reporting.
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Changes in internal control over financial
reporting
Except for the remediation procedures being implemented
by the Company as described above, there have been no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the fourth fiscal quarter of our fiscal year ended February 29, 2024,
that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
During our
fourth quarter ended February 29, 2024, none of our directors or executive officers adopted , modified or terminated any contract, instruction
or written plan for the purchase or sale of our securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c)
or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K.
ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS
THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.
The independent registered public accounting firm
for the Company for this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in respect of the audit report for the financial statements included in this Form
10-K has been identified by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”)
as being a PCAOB registered public accounting located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the PCAOB has determined that it is unable to
inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in a foreign jurisdiction. This identification was made
in the PCAOB’s “Board Determinations under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA”) (15 U.S.C.
§§7214(i), 7214a) (“PCAOB Report”).
During our
fiscal year 2022, on June 30, 2022, we were conclusively listed by the SEC as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA following
the filing of our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022. In the case of Company’s independent registered
public accounting firm, Centurion ZD CPA & Co., it is based in Hong Kong SAR and listed in the PCAOB Report as being a Hong Kong SAR
based, PCAOB-registered public audit firm. The PCAOB was not able to inspect or investigate completely in 2021 according to the PCAOB’s
December 16, 2021 determinations, pertaining to the audit report which was issued from our auditor for the fiscal year ended February
28, 2022. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB announced it was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate public audit
firms in China and Hong Kong SAR for the first time. Thus, the PCAOB board issued a HFCAA determination report that vacated its December 16,
2021 determinations and removed China and Hong Kong from the list of jurisdictions where it had been unable to completely inspect or investigate
the registered public accounting firms. As originally enacted, the HFCAA required the SEC to initially prohibit trading in the securities
of an issuer that is a Commission-identified issuer for three consecutive years. On December 29, 2022, the President signed into law the
Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023, which, among other things, amends the HFCAA to reduce this timeframe from three consecutive years
to two consecutive years. On December 18, 2022, the SEC announced that due to the December 15, 2022 action by the PCAOB, and until
such time as the PCAOB issues any new determination, there are no SEC-reporting companies at risk of having their securities subject to
a trading prohibition under the HFCAA. As such, as of the date of this filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company is not a
Commission Identified Issuer under the HFCAA and is not subject to having its Common Stock delisted under HFCAA.
As of the date of this
Annual Report on Form 10-K, we have no awareness or belief that any governmental entity in the foreign jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization owns shares of our capital stock. Similarly, no official from the Chinese government or Hong Kong SAR serves as a board member
or officer within our Company or its operating subsidiaries. Our certificate of incorporation, as amended, does not contain any provisions
known to include charter or charter provisions of the Chinese Communist Party. Based on the absence of a Schedule 13D or 13G filing by
any such governmental entity, the lack of material contracts with foreign governmental parties, and the absence of foreign government
representation on our Board, we have determined that no governmental entity in mainland China or Hong Kong has the power to direct or
control our management, policies or possess a controlling financial interest.
For information
supporting our assertion that governmental entities in China do not have a controlling financial interest in our Company, please see the
Supplemental Submission pursuant to Item 9C(a) of Form 10-K furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
All FingerMotion directors hold office until the
next annual general meeting of the shareholders unless his office is earlier vacated in accordance with our Articles or he becomes disqualified
to act as a director. FingerMotion officers are appointed by our board of directors and hold office until their earlier death, retirement,
resignation or removal.
FingerMotion executive officers and directors
and their respective ages as of the date of this report are as follows:
Name and Position
Age
Principal Occupation and Positions Held During the Last Five Years
Martin J. Shen
President, CEO & Director
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CEO of FingerMotion, Inc. (Dec. 1, 2018 to present); Founder of Imperial Distributors (formerly AP Martin Pharmaceutical Supplies Ltd.) (July 1, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2018); and CFO and COO of Wales and Son Industrial (later named Weir Minerals) (July 2004 to June 2014).
Yew Hon Lee
CFO, Secretary & Treasurer
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CFO of FingerMotion, Inc. (Dec. 11, 2020 to present); CFO of Cubinet Interactive Group of Companies (2006 to November 2020).
Hsien Loong Wong
Director
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Former CEO and CFO of FingerMotion, Inc. (April 2017 to Nov. 30, 2018); Real Estate and Logistics professional in Singapore (2008 to present); Director of property at Big Box Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Dec. 2012 to Sept. 2017).
Yew Poh Leong
Director
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Director of FingerMotion, Inc. (Dec. 1, 2018 to present); Group CEO at Radinace Hospitality Group (Jan. 2005 to Dec. 2014); and Director of Strategic Projects for Keppel T&T (Jan. 2001 to Dec. 2002).
Michael Chan
Director
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Director of FingerMotion, Inc. (April 6, 2018 to present); Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Asset Servicing at Bank of New York Mellon (2007 to 2016); Head of Business Development, Asia Pacific, State Street Bank & Trust Co. (1994 to 2007).
Eng Ho Ng
Director
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Director of FingerMotion, Inc. (Dec. 11, 2020 to present); Non-Executive Chairman of ZWEEC Analytics Pte Ltd. (Feb 2020 to present); Director of TNG Fintech Group (Jan 2018 to present).
Li Li
Legal Representative and General Manager of JiuGe Technology
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Legal Representative and General Manager of JiuGe Technology (Jan. 2018 to present); Advisor to Shenzhen WuYiKa Technology Co., Ltd. (Jan. 2017 to Dec. 2017); Vice President of Shanghai JiaPinMi Information Technology Co., Ltd. (July 2015 to Dec. 2016)
The following is a brief account of the education
and business experience of each director, executive officer and key employee during at least the past five years, indicating each person’s
principal occupation during the period, and the name and principal business of the organization by which he or she was employed, and including
other directorships held in reporting companies.
Martin J. Shen - Mr. Shen was appointed
our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer on December 1, 2018. He has nearly 15 years of experience in senior management
roles in entrepreneurial startups as well as large multinational corporations. In those roles, he acquired wide-ranging expertise in corporate
management, financial oversight and operational administration. Most recently, Mr. Shen founded Imperial Distributors (formerly AP Martin
Pharmaceutical Supplies Ltd.) in 2014, establishing the company as the preferred choice for providing distributional support to regional
pharmacies throughout Western Canada. His leadership duties as founder and senior vice-president included overseeing all aspects of operations,
including managing legal and regulatory compliance issues. They covered ensuring compliance with Health Canada requirements as well as
all relevant federal, provincial and municipal legislation. He also led the finance department, building a sound foundation for the accounting
function and leveraging his extensive experience in public accounting to guide the acquisition of two companies in Alberta.
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Prior to Imperial, Mr. Shen served as Chief Operating
Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Wales and Son Industrial (later re-named Weir Minerals) from 2004 to 2014. The firm specializes
in the global delivery of, and support for, mining slurry equipment solutions including pumps, hydrocyclones, rubber and wear resistant
linings. Sectors served include mining and mineral processing, energy and general industry. As COO and CFO of Wales and Son Industrial,
Mr. Shen directed all financial and internal operational activities. This included financial statement preparation and tax filings, banking
arrangements, executive compensation and share purchase agreements. He was also responsible for the analysis of monthly results and financial
statements and reconciliations to Group head office.
Mr. Shen began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers
in the tax department in Singapore and the audit and advisory group in Hong Kong. As a Tax Manager, he consulted with tax departments
of multinational corporations, including Raytheon and Exxon, to provide tax saving mechanisms and future tax planning strategies. Mr.
Shen also conducted tax conferences and seminars for current and potential clients to provide overview of tax planning scenarios. He served
at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1994 to 2004. Mr. Shen also spent several years in PwC Vancouver, auditing major Canadian companies and
in the process building his expertise in financial management, compliance and financial statement reporting. A US Certified Public Accountant,
he holds a BSc from the University of British Columbia.
Mr. Shen devotes approximately 100% of his time
to the Company.
Yew Hon Lee - Mr. Lee was appointed as
the CFO of the Company on December 11, 2020. He was the CFO of Cubinet Interactive Group of Companies (“ Cubinet ”) from
2006 to November 2020. He was one of the pioneers that started an online game publishing company. In his tenure, he was instrumental in
leading Cubinet and building teams across the South East Asia region setting up all the financial processes within a short span of time.
In 2011, Mr. Lee took on the additional role as the COO, Middle East and Russia, establishing new strategic partnerships. Prior to joining
Cubinet, in 2001, Mr. Lee was employed by Trisilco IT Sdn Bhd as the Finance Manager overseeing the entire spectrum of the Finance and
HR functions. In 2005, Mr. Lee took on the role of General Manager managing the entire operations of Trisilco from Finance, HR, Sales
& Operations. Trisilco is an IT company specializing in regulatory reporting and compliance for the financial sector. Previously,
Mr. Lee had a short tenure in Nadicorp Holdings (“ Nadicorp ”) as the internal auditor setting up the departments from
scratch. Nadicorp is one of the largest private Bumiputra conglomerates with 5 main business units in Transportation, Manufacturing, Property
& Plantation, Defence and Other support services. In his tenure as the Internal Auditors Manager, he set up the Audit Charter and
the key internal audit processes and procedures. Mr. Lee received his diploma from the Tunku Abdul Rahman College in 1996 and is a Chartered
Accountant, a Member of Malaysia Institute of Accountants and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants,
United Kingdom.
Mr. Lee devotes approximately 100% of his time
to the Company.
Hsien Loong Wong - Mr. Wong was appointed
a Board member, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer on April 14, 2017. On December 1, 2018, Mr. Wong resigned as the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer but continued to serve as a Board member of the Company. He started his career in
investor relations in technology, biotechnology, mining, and oil and gas. As of January 2023, Mr. Wong leads a team as Senior Associate
Division Director at Propnex, Singapore’s largest listed real estate agency. From December 2012 until September 2017, Mr. Wong also
served as Senior Manager of Business Development and was its director of property at Big Box Singapore Pte Ltd, a commercial property
valued at $600 million. He also has extensive experience in running public companies. In particular, he was CEO of Nexgen Petroleum Corp,
an oil and gas drilling company in Tennessee, USA from July 2007 to September 2009. He also currently serves as director of Food Bank
Singapore, a registered charity, where he has served since January 2015. Mr. Wong’s previous experience and knowledge of the Company
provides good historical information regarding the Company, which helps management with decisions going forward. Mr. Wong received his
BA (Hons) in Communications from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, and his MSc in Real Estate from the National University of
Singapore.
Mr. Wong devotes approximately 15% of his time
to the Company.
Yew Poh Leong - Mr. Leong has been a Board
member since December 1, 2018. He has more than 30 years of management experience in growing companies in the technology and hospitality
sectors. In that time, Mr. Leong established an extensive network of business relationships in the software, banking and telecommunications
sectors throughout the Asia Pacific. In his current position as CEO of Vertical Connection Pte Ltd. (“ Vertical Connection ”),
a position he has held since 2002, Mr. Leong leads the company’s consulting and advisory services in helping other companies expand
their businesses regionally through partnerships or acquisitions and implementing core operational and information initiatives. Vertical
Connection focuses on fintech, telecommunications services, hospitality and software. Currently, Mr. Leong sits on the boards of several
private companies. Since 2017, he has served on the board of directors of Fintrux Pte Ltd., a P2P lending company, as chair and on the
boards of each of Vemotion APAC and VM Technology, both software and hardware companies that specialize in wireless video transmission
over low bitrate networks. He was recently appointed to the board of BOPHUP, a Singapore-based business accelerator platform which aims
to create an efficient marketplace for communities at the base of the pyramid by supporting entrepreneurship, connecting partners and
sharing resources for social entrepreneurs and business ventures to access BOP markets.
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Mr. Leong served as Group CEO of Radiance Hospitality
Group (“ Radiance ”) from 2002 through 2016, where he led the expansion of the company’s hotel management services
in Malaysia, Singapore, China, Indonesia, Cambodia and Russia. Before joining Radiance, Mr. Leong served as Director of Strategic Projects
for Keppel T&T, a public company that provides transportation, telecommunications and IT services, from 1999 to 2002. There, he was
responsible for its e-businesses, which included establishing credit bureaus in Thailand and Malaysia, establishing and operating data
centers in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, operating call centers in Singapore and Malaysia, and providing application
solutions for local governments, IT infrastructure, and transportation and education organizations.
Prior to his service at Keppel T&T, Mr. Leong
was first a Regional Director and then Managing Director of Dun and Bradstreet Software (“ Dun and Bradstreet ”) (later
acquired by Geac Computers), from 1988 to 2001. In those roles, he led company growth from 15 to more than 250 employees in Singapore,
Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. The firm provided business solutions and managed
services for 350 customers in the region. Prior to serving at Dun and Bradstreet, Mr. Leong was a consultant with Computer Associates,
a consultant at Price Waterhouse, a management consultant at Reliance Travel and an auditor at Razak & Co. Mr. Leong’s extensive
corporate experience allows him to provide valuable guidance to the Company and management team as our Company progresses through its
development stage. Mr. Leong received a Master Degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Auckland.
Mr. Leong devotes approximately 15% of his time
to the Company.
Michael Chan - Mr. Chan has been a Board
member since April 6, 2018. Mr. Chan’s career includes The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation as Managing Director, Head of Asia
Pacific for Asset Servicing since 2013. He was responsible for the bank’s largest business line in the region. Mr. Chan joined the
bank in Singapore in 2007 as regional Chief Operating Officer and progressed to Head of Sales & Relationship Management in 2010. Mr.
Chan was a member of BNY Mellon’s Corporate Operating Committee, Asia Pacific Executive Committee and the Corporate Sovereign Institutions
Council. He represented the firm on the board of directors of ASIFMA and BNY Mellon’s Eagle Investment Systems’ Asia Singapore
entity. Mr. Chan has also served on the OMGEO APAC Advisory Board and has been a member of various industry and banking associations in
Hong Kong and Korea. Mr. Chan served as the president of Canadian Alumni Network, Singapore 2017 -2022 (CANsg), a not-for-profit society.
He is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID).
Prior to BNY Mellon, Mr. Chan was with State Street
Bank & Trust Co., Canada beginning 1994. He was relocated to Hong Kong in 2000 for the bank’s launch of ETF products in Asia
Pacific. Until 2007, he held senior positions including head of operation: regional deal team for a key European acquisition, general
manager for the South Korea bank branch and head of global relationship management in the region. His career also includes service at
Ernst & Young (E&Y), Canada. Mr. Chan’s management and experience will provide additional financial oversight for the Company
and an advisory role over budgetary and projection analysis with management. Mr. Chan is a member of CPA, CMA, Canada. He holds an EMBA
from the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario and a B. Com from McGill University, Canada
Mr. Chan devotes approximately 15% of his time
to the Company.
Eng Ho Ng - Mr. Ng was appointed as a Board
member on December 11, 2020. Mr. Ng is currently the non-executive Chairman of ZWEEC Analytics Pte Ltd. in Singapore and an independent
Board director of TNG Fintech Group in Hong Kong. He previously served in top management positions in several large business corporations
in Singapore, including ST Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of Temasek holdings, as Executive Vice President (Operations),
and ST Telemedia’s Indonesian subsidiary, PT Indosat Tbk, as the Deputy President Director. Mr. Ng was also Managing Director of
Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd. after serving in various positions at Keppel T&T and its subsidiaries. Prior to
joining Keppel T&T, Mr. Ng was a career officer in the Singapore Armed Forces. Mr. Ng has served as a Director of Alvarion Ltd. and
as an Independent Director of Mencast Holdings Ltd. Mr. Ng received his Bachelor of Science (Telecomm System Engineering) Degree (Honours)
from the Royal Military College of Science, UK in 1977.
Mr. Ng devotes approximately 15% of his time to
the Company.
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Li Li - Ms. Li Li is the Legal Representative
and General Manager of Shanghai JiuGe Information Technology Co., Ltd. Ms. Li Li graduated from Nanjing Academy of Engineering. In 2004,
she founded Shanghai ChuangYe Network Technology Co., Ltd. as the Vice President. Through close cooperation with local operators, the
company launched SMS and MMS services, WAP and mobile JAVA games, Hunan Satellite TV “HTV” e-magazine and other wireless Internet
services to meet the rapid development of wireless internet content and extensive application requirements.
In 2007, Ms. Li Li served as Vice President of
Hangzhou JiuYue Information Technology Co., Ltd. Through extensive and in-depth cooperation with operators, the company is committed to
the development of SP services such as IVR (Wireless Voice Value-Added Services), voice mail, electronic data exchange, online data processing
and transaction processing.
In 2009, Ms. Li Li served as Vice President of
Hangzhou LingXuan Information Technology Co., Ltd. With in-depth understanding of the mobile Internet business, combined with years of
experience in the operation of wireless value-added services, after an in-depth analysis of the market situation, she proposed the idea
of building a wireless value-added interactive services platform and creating an online and offline O2O service model.
Through close cooperation with operators, the
company provides an integrated operation platform that covers online services such as information, music, video, and colored ring tones,
as well as offline activities such as the Fans Club Meeting in campus, and thus realizes online services for products. Underneath each
other, the industry chain is seamlessly connected.
In 2014, Ms. Li Li served as Vice President of
Shanghai JiaPinMi Information Technology Co., Ltd. In 2014, WeChat opened the Wi-Fi interface, indicating the big leap and undercurrent
of commercial Wi-Fi. However, at the time, there was no domestic Wi-Fi platform that provided blue-collar people with free Internet access,
life style and added service to the community. At the beginning of her term of office, Li Li seized the opportunity and proposed to establish
a “Hi-WiFi” platform through cloud-based big data marketing with in-depth cooperation with operators, providing blue-collar
work force community with free access to the Internet, living, and services. It also provides enterprises with one-stop enterprise-level
services based on information-based services and multiple specialized platform services, thus making “Hi-WiFi” the first domestic
blue-collar work-force lifestyle platform to be developed. As a one-stop mobile marketing service provider that provides advertisers with
wireless marketing solutions to achieve accurate marketing goals. Currently, any service of the platform can reach 100 million direct
blue-collar user groups with nearly 300 million download speeds of up to 700 KB per second. Users no longer have to worry about data traffic
usage restrictions.
In 2017, Ms. Li Li served as an Advisor to Shenzhen
WuYiKa Technology Co., Ltd. WuYiKa is a comprehensive service platform based on carrier traffic and dedicated to digital online service
distribution and payment. It has now become a fast and efficient provider of new media marketing solutions for mobile Internet.
Ms. Li Li devotes approximately 100% of her time
to JiuGe Technology.
Significant Employees
Other than Mr. Shen, FingerMotion does not have
any employees. FingerMotion’s subsidiaries and controlled companies have the following number of employees:
Name of Entity
Place of
Incorporation/Formation
Employees
Finger Motion Company Limited
Hong Kong
3
Finger Motion (CN) Limited
Hong Kong
0
Finger Motion Financial Company Limited
Hong Kong
5
Shanghai JiuGe Business Management Co., Ltd.
PRC
2
Shanghai JiuGe Information Technology Co., Ltd.
PRC
34
Beijing XunLian TianXia Technology Co., Ltd.
PRC
0
Shanghai TengLian JiuJiu Information Communication Technology Co., Ltd.
PRC
19
Family Relationships
There are currently no family relationships between
any of the members of the board of directors or the executive officers.
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Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
Except as disclosed in this Annual Report, during
the past ten years none of the following events have occurred with respect to any of our directors or executive officers :
1.
A petition under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law was filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer was appointed by a court for the business or property of such person, or any partnership in which he was a general partner at or within two years before the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of such filing;
2.
Such person was convicted in a criminal proceeding or is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
3.
Such person was the subject of any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:
a.
Acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;
b.
Engaging in any type of business practice; or
c.
Engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of Federal or State securities laws or Federal commodities laws;
4.
Such person was the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any Federal or State authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days the right of such person to engage in any activity described in paragraph (3)(i) above, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
5.
Such person was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commission to have violated any Federal or State securities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated;
6.
Such person was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any Federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated;
7.
Such person was the subject of, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of:
a.
Any Federal or State securities or commodities law or regulation; or
b.
Any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order; or
c.
Any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
8.
Such person was the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.
There are currently no legal proceedings to which
any of our directors or officers is a party adverse to us or in which any of our directors or officers has a material interest adverse
to us.
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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting
Compliance
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange
Act
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our
directors and officers, and the persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common stock, to file reports of ownership and changes
in ownership with the SEC. Copies of all filed reports are required to be furnished to us pursuant to Rule 16a-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act. Based solely on the reports received by us and on the representations of the reporting persons, we believe that these persons
have complied with all applicable filing requirements during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2024, except as follows:
Name
Position Held
Late or Unfiled Report
Yew Poh Leong
Director
Two late filed Form 4s as required in Fiscal 2024
Director Independence
We evaluate the independence of our directors
in accordance with the listing standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC (“ NASDAQ ”) and the regulations promulgated
by the SEC. NASDAQ’s rules require that a majority of the members of a company’s board of directors must qualify as “independent,”
as affirmatively determined by the board of directors. After review of all relevant transactions and relationships between each director,
or any of his family members, and us, our senior management and our independent registered public accounting firm, our board of directors
has determined that the following directors, which comprise all of the members of our board of directors, are independent directors within
the meaning of the NASDAQ listing standards: Hsien Loong Wong, Yew Poh Leong, Michael Chan and Eng Ho Ng.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors currently has four committees,
the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee,the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Risk and Information Security
Committee.
Audit Committee
On December 15, 2021, the Board of Directors adopted
a new Audit Committee Charter that complies with the requirements of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(c)(1), and has established an Audit Committee,
which operates under its Audit Committee Charter. The Company’s Audit Committee consists of Yew Poh Leong, Michael Chan (chair)
and Eng Ho Ng. Each member of the Audit Committee satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Listing
Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market and meet the independence standards under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Our Audit Committee financial
expert is Michael Chan who qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the SEC Rule 10A-3 and
possesses financial sophistication within the meaning of the Listing Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Audit Committee oversees our
accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the financial statements of the Company. The Audit Committee is governed
by a charter approved by our Board of Directors, a copy of which is attached as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the SEC on December 21, 2021. The Audit Committee is responsible for, among other things:
● ensuring,
through discussion with management and the external auditors, that the Company’s annual and quarterly financial statements (individually
and collectively, the “ Financial Statements ”), as applicable, present fairly in all material respects the financial
conditions, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of and for the periods presented;
●
reviewing and recommending for approval to the Board, the Company’s financial statements, accounting policies that affect the financial statements, annual MD&A and associated press release(s);
●
reviewing significant issues affecting financial reports;
●
monitoring the objectivity and credibility of the Company’s financial reports;
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considering the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting and related information technology security and control;
●
reviewing with auditors any issues or concerns related to any internal control systems in the process of the audit;
●
reviewing with management, external auditors and legal counsel any material litigation claims or other contingencies, including tax assessments, and adequacy of financial provisions, that could materially affect financial reporting;
●
overseeing the work of the external auditor engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an auditor’s report or performing such other audit, review or attest services for the Company, including the resolution of disagreements between management and the external auditor regarding financial reporting; and
●
taking such other actions within the general scope of its responsibilities as the Audit Committee shall deem appropriate or as directed by the Board of Directors.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
On December 15, 2021, the Board of Directors adopted
a new Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter that complies with the requirements of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(e)(2), and
has established a corporate governance committee (the “ N&CG Committee ”) which operates under its Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee Charter. The N&CG Committee is currently comprised of Yew Poh Leong (chair) and Eng Ho Ng. The N&CG
Committee is responsible for (i) identifying and recommending to the Board, individuals qualified to be nominated for election to the
Board; (ii) recommending to the Board, the members and chairperson for each Board committee; and (iii) periodically reviewing and assessing
the Company’s corporate governance principles contained in the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter and making
recommendations for changes thereto to the Board. The N&CG Committee is governed by a charter approved by our Board of Directors,
a copy of which is attached as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 21, 2021.
The N&CG Committee is responsible for, among
other things:
●
leading the Company’s search for individuals qualified to become members of the Board;
●
evaluating and recommending to the Board for nomination candidates for election or re-election as directors;
●
establishing and overseeing appropriate director orientation and continuing education programs;
●
making recommendations to the Board regarding an appropriate organization and structure for the Board of Directors;
●
evaluating the size, composition, membership qualifications, scope of authority, responsibilities, reporting obligations and charters of each committee of the Board;
●
periodically reviewing and assessing the adequacy of the Company’s corporate governance principles as contained in the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter and, should it deem it appropriate, it may develop and recommend to the Board of Directors for adoption of additional corporate governance principles;
●
periodically reviewing the Company’s Articles in light of existing corporate governance trends, and shall recommend any proposed changes for adoption by the Board of Directors or submission by the Board of Directors to the Company’s shareholders;
●
making recommendations on the structure and logistics of Board of Directors’ meetings and may recommend matters for consideration by the Board of Directors;
●
considering, adopting and overseeing all processes for evaluating the performance of the Board of Directors, each committee and individual directors; and
●
annually reviewing and assessing its own performance.
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Compensation Committee
On December 15, 2021, the Board of Directors adopted
a new Compensation Committee Charter which complies with the requirements of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(d)(1) and the Board of Directors
has established a Compensation Committee (the “ Compensation Committee ”). The Compensation Committee is comprised of
Yew Poh Leong (chair) and Michael Chan. The Compensation Committee is governed by a charter approved by our Board of Directors, a copy
of which is attached as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 21, 2021.
The Compensation Committee assists the Board in
fulfilling its oversight responsibilities relating to officer and director compensation, succession planning for senior management, development
and retention of senior management and such other duties as directed by the Board.
Each of the Compensation Committee members satisfies
the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Listing Rules of Nasdaq. The Compensation Committee will be responsible
for, among other things:
●
reviewing and approving the Company’s compensation guidelines and structure;
●
reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives with respect to the CEO of the Company;
●
reviewing and approving on an annual basis the evaluation process and compensation structure for the Company’s other officers, including salary, bonus, incentive and equity compensation;
●
reviewing the Company’s incentive compensation and other equity-based plans and recommending changes in such plans to the Board as needed.
●
periodically making recommendations to the Board regarding the compensation of non-management directors, including Board and committee retainers, meeting fees, equity-based compensation and such other forms of compensation and benefits as the Committee may consider appropriate; and
●
overseeing the appointment and removal of executive officers, and reviewing and approving for executive officers, including the CEO, any employment, severance or change in control agreements.
Risk and Information Security Committee
On May 22, 2024, the Board of Directors adopted
a new Risk and Information Security Committee Charter and the Board of Directors has established a Risk and Information Security Committee
(the “ RIS Committee ”). The RIS Committee is comprised of Yew Poh Leong (Chair) and Eng Ho Ng. The RIS Committee is
governed by a charter approved by our Board of Directors, a copy of which is attached to this Annual Report on Form 10-K as Exhibit 99.2.
The RIS Committee assists the Board of Directors
of the Company by overseeing and reviewing (i) internal controls to protect information and prioprietary assets, and (ii) risk governance,
including the enterprise risk management framework, risk policies and risk tolerances.
The RIS Committees’ specific duties include:
· Reviewing
information security and cyber threat policies with the IT Manager and management;
· Assessing frameworks to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber attacks, and
identifying vulnerabilities;
· Evaluating policies and frameworks for access controls, incident response,
business continuity, disaster recovery, and IT asset protection;
· Reviewing employee education programs on information security issues;
· Receiving reports on assessments from the IT Manager and other departments;
· Approving the risk governance structure, enterprise risk management framework,
key risk policies, and critical risk tolerances;
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· Discussing major risk exposures with management and the CFO;
· Approving the internal audit work plan;
· Receiving reports on risk management reviews and assessments from relevant
departments;
· Reporting regularly to the Board of Directors and reviewing significant issues;
· Making recommendations to the Board as necessary; and
· Annually reviewing and updating the RIS Committee’s Charter.
Insider Trading and Hedging Transactions
On December 15, 2021, the Board of Directors adopted
a Securities Trading and Reporting Guidelines, which governs the purchase, sale, and/or other dispositions of securities by directors,
officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiary companies that are designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws,
rules and regulations as part of the Company’s commitment to ethical and lawful business conduct. A copy of the Securities Trading
and Reporting Guidelines is attached as Exhibit 19.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
In addition, on December 15, 2021, the Board
of Directors adopted an Anti-Hedging and Pledging Policy, which provides that, unless otherwise
previously approved by our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, no director, officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries
or, to the extent practicable, any other person (or their associates) in a special relationship (within the meaning of applicable securities
laws) with the Company, may, at any time: (i) purchase financial instruments, including prepaid variable forward contracts, instruments
for the short sale or purchase or sale of call or put options, equity swaps, collars, or units of exchangeable funds that are based on
fluctuations of the Company’s debt or equity instruments and that are designed to or that may reasonably be expected to have the
effect of hedging or offsetting a decrease in the market value of any securities of the Company; or (ii) purchase Company securities
on a margin or otherwise pledge Company securities as collateral for a loan. Any violation of our Anti-Hedging and Pledging Policy will
be regarded as a serious offence. Our Anti-Hedging and Pledging Policy is available on the Company’s website at www.fingermotion.com .
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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Summary Compensation Table
Our named executive officers for the fiscal
year ended February 29, 2024 (“ Fiscal 2024 ”) and the fiscal year ended February 28, 2023 (“ Fiscal
2023 ”) consist of (i) Martin J. Shen, our current President and Chief Executive Officer, (ii) Yew Hon Lee, our current
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer and (iii) Li Li, the Legal Representative and General Manager of our contractual
controlled company, JiuGe Technology. We have no other executive officers. The following Summary Compensation Table sets forth the
compensation earned by or paid to our named executive officers for Fiscal 2024 and Fiscal 2023 are as follows:
Name and
Principal
Position
Year
Salary
($)
Bonus
($)
Stock
awards
($)
Option
awards
($)
Non-equity
incentive
plan
compensation
($)
Non-
qualified
deferred
compensation
earnings
($)
All other
compensation
($)
Total
($)
Martin J. Shen (1)
President and CEO
2024
2023
180,000
180,000
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
180,000
180,000
Yew Hon Lee (2)
CFO, Secretary and Treasurer
2024
2023
144,000
84,000
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
144,000
84,000
Li Li
Legal Representative and General Manager of JiuGe
Technology
2024
2023
127,645
133,745
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
127,645
133,745
Notes:
(1)
Mr. Shen was appointed as our CEO and CFO on December 1, 2018. Mr Shen resigned as our CFO effective December 10, 2020.
(2)
Mr. Lee Yew Hon was appointed as our CFO on December 11, 2020.
As our company progresses through its current
phase of development with a focus on achieving profitability, our executive compensation strategy has been intentionally straightforward,
centered primarily around fixed base salaries. To that extent, during our fiscal year ended February 29, 2024, we did not provide any
executive compensation to our named executive officers other than a base salary (column “ (c)” in the table above).
Executive Employment Agreements
As of February 29, 2024, we did not have any employment
agreements with any of our named executive officers.
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Outstanding Equity Awards Held by Named Executive
Officers at Fiscal Year End
The following table sets forth information as
at February 29, 2024, relating to equity awards that have been granted to the Named Executive Officers. These equity awards are structured
to vest over time, ensuring that our executive team remains motivated to drive the Company’s success over the long haul. While these
equity awards are primarily focused on retention and long-term alignment rather than immediate performance milestones, we are actively
developing additional performance-based incentives which are expected to be speficially designed to directly tie compensation to the achievement
of strategic objectives and operational targets, thereby enhancing accountability and driving Company performance. We believe that introducing
such performance-linked components will further refine our compensation strategy to support our business goals. We continue to review
and adjust our equity compensation plans to ensure they effectively motivate our executives and align with our evolving business strategy
and shareholder interest:
Name
Option awards
Stock awards
Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
options
(#)
exercisable
Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
options
(#)
unexercisable
Equity
incentive
plan
awards:
Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
unearned
options
(#)
Option
exercise
price
($)
Option
expiration
date
Number
of shares
or units
of stock
that have
not
vested
(#)
Market
value of
shares of
units of
stock
that have
not
vested
($)
Equity
incentive
plan
awards:
Number
of
unearned
shares,
units or
other
rights that
have not
vested
(#)
Equity
incentive
plan
awards:
Market or
payout
value of
unearned
shares,
units or
other
rights that
have not
vested
($)
Martin J. Shen
46,000
92,000
N/A
$3.84
Dec. 28, 2026
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yew Hon Lee
44,200
88,400
N/A
$3.84
Dec. 28, 2026
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Li Li
252,000
168,000
N/A
$3.84
Dec. 28, 2026
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
All stock option awards were granted to our name
executive officers during December 2021 and vest as follows – 1) 20% immediately and 2) 20 % at each grant date anniversary for
the subsequent four years.
Retirement Benefits
The Company does not have any defined benefit
or defined contribution plans that provide for payments or benefits at, following or in connection with retirement.
Separation Benefits
The Company does not have any agreements that
provide for payment(s) to a named executive officer at, following, or in connection with the resignation, retirement or other termination
of a name executive officer, or a change in control of the smaller reporting company or a change in the named executive officer’s
responsibilities following a change in control, with respect to each named executive officer.
Compensation Policies and Practices and Risk
Management
One of the responsibilities of our Compensation
Committee and our Board, in its role in setting executive compensation and overseeing our various compensation programs, is to ensure
that our compensation programs are structured so as to discourage inappropriate risk-taking. We believe that our existing compensation
practices and policies for all employees, including executive officers, mitigate against this risk by, among other things, providing a
meaningful portion of total compensation in the form of equity incentives. These equity incentives have historically been in the form
of stock grants to promote long-term rather than short-term financial performance and to encourage employees to focus on sustained stock
price appreciation. The Compensation Committee is responsible for monitoring our existing compensation practices and policies and investigating
applicable enhancements to align our existing practices and policies with avoidance or elimination of risk and the enhancement of long-term
stockholder value.
Director Compensation
Each of our directors receives regular cash compensation
of $2,000 per month, for serving on the Board.
The following table set forth information relating
to the compensation paid to our non-executive directors for Fiscal 2024:
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Name
Fees earned
or paid in
cash
($)
Stock awards
($)
Option
awards
($) (1)
Non-equity
incentive plan
compensation
($)
Nonqualified
deferred
compensation
earnings
($)
All other
compensation
($)
Total
($)
Leong Yew Poh
24,000
—
—
—
—
—
24,000
Michael Chan
24,000
—
—
—
—
—
24,000
Hsien Loong Wong
24,000
—
—
—
—
—
24,000
Ng Eng Ho
24,000
—
—
—
—
—
24,000
As at February 29, 2024, our directors held stock
options to acquire an aggregate of 298,500 shares of our common stock as follows: Yew Poh Leong – 78,500 stock options; Michael
Chan – 78,500 stock options; Hsien Loong Wong – 78,500 stock options; and Eng Ho Ng – 63,000 stock options.
Clawback Policy
On November 17, 2023,
the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the FingerMotion, Inc. Policy for the Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Incentive-Based Compensation
(the “Clawback Policy”), with an effective date of November 17, 2023, in order to comply with Section 10D of the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), Rule 10D-1 of the Exchange Act (“Rule 10D-1”),
and the listing rules adopted by The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (collectively, the “Final Clawback Rules”). The Board has designated
the Compensation Committee of the Board as the administrator of the Clawback Policy.
The Clawback Policy provides
for the mandatory recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation from current and former executive officers as defined in
Rule 10D-1 (“Covered Officers”) of the Company in the event that the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement,
in accordance with the Final Clawback Rules. The recovery of such compensation applies regardless of whether a Covered Officer engaged
in misconduct or otherwise caused or contributed to the requirement of an accounting restatement. Under the Clawback Policy, the Company
may recoup from the Covered Officers erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation received within a lookback period of the three completed
fiscal years preceding the date on which the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement.
We have filed our Clawback
Policy as Exhibit 97.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Timing of Stock Awards
and Disclosure of Material Nonpublic Information
The Company does not
follow a predetermined scheduled for granting stock options. Typically, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee consider
granting stock options after the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and announcement of the financial results for
that fiscal year end. The granting of stock options or other awards under the Company’s 2023 Stock Incentive Plan is contingent
on the Company’s performance.
The Board of Directors
and the Compensation Committee review and approve these awards. They ensure that material nonpublic information (MNPI) is taken into account
when determining the timing and terms of the awards and, if MNPI is present, the award will be deferred until such information has been
publicly disclosed.
The Company does not
time the disclosure of MNPI to influence the value of executive compensation. All maerial information is disclosed promptly in accordance
with SEC rules and regulations and the Company’s internal policies.
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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The following table sets forth certain information
concerning the number of shares of our common stock owned beneficially as of May 22, 2024 by (i) each person (including any group) known
to us to own more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, (ii) each of our officers and directors, and (iii) our officers and directors
as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, it is our understanding and belief that the shareholders listed possess sole voting and investment
power with respect to the shares shown.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership (1)
Percentage of
Beneficial
Ownership
Directors and Officers:
Martin J. Shen, Chief Executive Officer
c/o 111 Somerset Road, Level 3, Singapore, 238164
797,356 (2)
1.5
%
Yew Hon Lee, Chief Financial Officer
c/o 111 Somerset Road, Level 3, Singapore, 238164
538,742 (3)
1.0
%
Yew Poh Leong, Director
c/o 111 Somerset Road, Level 3, Singapore, 238164
247,100 (4)
*
Michael Chan, Director
c/o 111 Somerset Road, Level 3, Singapore, 238164
297,100 (5)
*
Hsien Loong Wong, Director
c/o 111 Somerset Road, Level 3, Singapore, 238164
417,100 (6)
*
Eng Ho Ng, Director
c/o 111 Somerset Road, Level 3, Singapore, 238164
37,800 (7)
*
Li Li, Legal Representative and General Manager of JiuGe Technology
c/o 111 Somerset Road, Level 3, Singapore, 238164
2,452,000 (8)
4.6
%
All directors and executive officers as a group
(7 persons)
4,787,198 (9)
9.0
%
Major Stockholders:
Choe Yang Yeat
6-11-1 V Square PJ City Centre
Jalan Utara PJ
Selangor 46200, Malaysia
7,257,600 (10)
13.8
%
Terren S. Peizer
Acuitas Group Holdings, LLC
Acuitas Capital LLC
2001 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 330
Santa Monica, California 90403
4,000,000 (11)
7.6
%
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Notes :
*
Less than one percent.
(1)
Under Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, a beneficial owner of a security includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of such security; and (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose or direct the disposition of the security. Certain shares of common stock may be deemed to be beneficially owned by more than one person (if, for example, persons share the power to vote or the power to dispose of the shares). In addition, shares of common stock are deemed to be beneficially owned by a person if the person has the right to acquire the shares (for example, upon exercise of an option) within 60 days of the date as of which the information is provided. In computing the percentage ownership of any person, the amount of shares of common stock outstanding is deemed to include the amount of shares beneficially owned by such person (and only such person) by reason of these acquisition rights. As a result, the percentage of outstanding shares of common stock of any person as shown in this table does not necessarily reflect the person’s actual ownership or voting power with respect to the number of shares of common stock actually outstanding as of the date of this Proxy Statement. As of May 22, 2024, there were 52,712,850 shares of common stock of the Company issued and outstanding.
(2)
This figure represents (i) 751,356 shares of common stock, and (ii) stock options to purchase 46,000 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.
(3)
This figure represents (i) 494,542 shares of common stock, and (ii) stock options to purchase 44,200 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.
(4)
This figure represents (i) 200,000 shares of common stock, and (ii) stock options to purchase 47,100 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.
(5)
This figure represents (i) 250,000 shares of common stock, and (ii) stock options to purchase 47,100 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.
(6)
This figure represents (i) 370,000 shares of common stock, and (ii) stock options to purchase 47,100 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.
(7)
This figure represents stock options to purchase 37,800 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.
(8)
This figure represents (i) 2,200,000 shares of common stock, and (ii) stock options to purchase 252,000 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.
(9)
This figure represents (i) 4,265,898 shares of common stock, and (ii) stock options to purchase 521,300 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.
(10)
This figure represents (i) 7,200,000 shares of common stock held by Ever Sino International Limited over which Mr. Choe Yang Yeat has sole voting and dispositive power, and (ii) stock options held directly by Mr. Choe to purchase 57,600 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.
(11)
This figure represents (i) 1,000,000 shares of common stock held by Acuitas Group Holdings, LLC, a California limited liability company (“ Acuitas ”), and (ii) 3,000,000 shares of common stock held directly by Acuitas Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability (“ Acuitas Capital ”) wholly-owned by Acuitas. Acuitas is a private investment vehicle beneficially owned and controlled by Terren S. Peizer. Mr Peizer is the sole member and Chairmans and managing member of Acuitas and, in such capacity, exercises the sole voting and investment power over the shares of common stock held for the accounts of Acuitas and Acuitas Capital.
Changes in Control
We are unaware of any contract, or other arrangement
or provision, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of our Company.
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Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity
Compensation Plans
Plan category
Number of securities to be
issued upon exercise of
outstanding options, warrants,
rights
Weighted-average exercise
price of outstanding options,
warrants and rights
Number of securities
remaining available for future
issuance under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities reflected
in column (a))
(a)
(b)
(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
6,039,100
$4.18
2,780,500
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
N/A
N/A
N/A
Total
6,039,100
2,780,500
Effective September 27, 2021, our Board of Directors
authorized and approved the adoption by the Company of the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the “ 2021 Stock Incentive Plan ”),
pursuant to which an aggregate of 7,000,000 shares of our common stock may be issued pursuant to awards that may be granted under the
2021 Stock Incentive Plan. The 2021 Stock Incentive Plan was approved by our stockholders at our annual meeting of stockholders held on
November 22, 2021.
On December 12, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized
and approved the adoption of the Company’s 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (the “ 2023 Stock Incentive Plan ”), under
which an aggregate of 9,000,000 of our shares of common stock may be issued which consists of: (i) 3,571,000 shares issuable pursuant
to awards previously granted that were outstanding under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan as of December 12, 2022; (ii) 3,429,000 shares
remaining available for issuance under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan as of December 12, 2022; and (iii) 2,000,000 additional shares that
may be issued pursuant to awards that may be granted under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan. The 2023 Stock Incentive Plan supersedes and
replaces the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan, which was approved by our stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders held
on February 17, 2023. The terms of the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan are the same as the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan other than the increase
in the aggregate number of shares reserved for awards under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan.
The 2023 Stock Incentive Plan is administered
by our Board of Directors, or the Compensation Committee, or any other committee appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the
2023 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Board of Directors shall determine, among other things: (i) the persons to be granted awards under
the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan; (ii) the number of shares or amount of other awards to be granted; and (iii) the terms and conditions of
the awards granted. The Company may issue restricted shares, stock options, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, deferred
stock rights and dividend equivalent rights, among others, under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan. As indicated above, an aggregate of 9,000,000
of our shares may be issued pursuant to the grant of awards under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan.
An award may not be exercised after the termination
date of the award and may be exercised following the termination of an eligible participant’s continuous service only to the extent
provided by the administrator under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan. If the administrator under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan permits a
participant to exercise an award following the termination of continuous service for a specified period, the award terminates to the extent
not exercised on the last day of the specified period or the last day of the original term of the award, whichever occurs first. In the
event an eligible participant’s service has been terminated for “cause”, he or she shall immediately forfeit all rights
to any of the awards outstanding.
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T he
2023 Stock Incentive Plan includes the following best practice provisions to reinforce the alignment between stockholders’ interests
and equity compensation arrangements. These provisions include, but are not limited to:
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No discounted awards : the exercise price of an award must not be lower than 100% of the fair market value of the shares on the stock exchange or system on which the shares are traded or quoted at the time the award is granted;
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No buyout without shareholder approval : outstanding options or non-qualified stock options (“ SARs ”) may not be bought out or surrendered in exchange for cash unless shareholder approval is received;
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No repricing without shareholder approval : the Company may not, without shareholder approval, reprice an award by reducing the exercise price of a stock option or exchanging a stock option for cash, other awards or a new stock option with a reduced exercise price;
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Minimum vesting requirements for “full-value” awards : except in the case of an award granted in substitution and cancellation of an award granted by an acquired organization and shares delivered in lieu of fully vested cash awards, any equity-based awards granted under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan will have a vesting period of not less than one year from the date of grant; provided, however, that this minimum vesting restriction will not be applicable to equity-based awards not in excess of 5% of the number of shares available for grant under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan. For avoidance of doubt, the foregoing restrictions do not apply to the Board’s discretion to provide for accelerated exercisability or vesting of any award in case of death or disability. The treatment of awards in connection with a change of control are described below;
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No accelerated vesting of outstanding unvested awards and double-trigger change of control requirements : no acceleration of any unvested awards shall occur except in the case of the death or disability of the grantee or upon a change of control. In this respect the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan requires a “double-trigger” – both a change of control and a qualifying termination of continuing services – to accelerate the vesting of awards. In connection with a change in control, time-based awards shall only be accelerated if the awards are not assumed or converted following the change in control and performance based awards shall only be accelerated: (i) to the extent of actual achievement of the performance conditions; or (ii) on a prorated basis for time elapsed in ongoing performance period(s) based on target or actual level achievement. In connection with vesting of outstanding awards following a qualifying termination after a change in control (i.e., double-trigger vesting), the same conditions set forth in the preceding sentence will apply;
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No dividends for unvested awards : holders of any awards which have not yet vested are not entitled to receive dividends, however, dividends may be accrued and paid upon the vesting of such awards;
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No liberal share recycling : shares issued under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan pursuant to an award, or shares retained by or delivered to the Company to pay either the exercise price of an outstanding stock option or the withholding taxes in connection with the vesting of incentive stock awards or SARs, and shares purchased by the Company in the open market using the proceeds of option exercises, do not become available for issuance as future awards under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan ;
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Transferability : the awards granted under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan generally may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will, by the laws of descent and distribution;
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No automatic grants : the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan does not provide for automatic grants to any eligible participant; and
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No evergreen provision : the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan does not provide for an “evergreen” feature pursuant to which the shares authorized for issuance under the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan can be automatically replenished.
The foregoing summary of the 2023 Stock Incentive
Plan is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan, which is attached as Exhibit 4.1
to our Form S-8 that we filed with the SEC on February 28, 2023.
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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Related Party Transactions
None of the following parties (each a “ Related
Party ”) has had any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction with us or in any presently proposed transaction
that has or will materially affect us:
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any of our directors or officers;
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any person proposed as a nominee for election as a director;
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any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, shares carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to our outstanding shares of common stock; or
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any member of the immediate family (including spouse, parents, children, siblings and in- laws) of any of the above persons.
Our Board reviews any proposed transaction involving
Related Parties and considers whether such transactions are fair and reasonable and in the Company’s best interest
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Fees and Services
The following is an aggregate of fees billed for
each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by our current principal accountants:
2024
2023
Audit fees
$ 80,000
$ 78,000
Audit-related fees
21,000
21,000
Tax fees
—
—
All other fees
—
—
Total fees paid or accrued to our principal accountants
$ 101,000
$ 99,000
Audit Fees
Audit fees are the aggregate fees billed for professional
services rendered by our independent auditors for the audit of our annual financial statements, the review of the financial statements
included in each of our quarterly reports and services provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
Audit Related Fees
Audit related fees are the aggregate fees billed
by our independent auditors for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of
our financial statements and are not described in the preceding category.
Tax Fees
Tax fees are billed by our independent auditors
for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
All Other Fees
All other fees include fees billed by our independent
auditors for products or services other than as described in the immediately preceding three categories.
Pre-Approval of Services by the Independent
Auditor
The Audit Committee is responsible for the pre-approval
of audit and permitted non-audit services to be performed by the Company’s independent auditor. The Audit Committee will, on an
annual basis, consider and, if appropriate, approve the provision of audit and non-audit services by the Company’s independent auditor.
Thereafter, the Audit Committee will, as necessary, consider and, if appropriate, approve the provision of additional audit and non-audit
services by the Company’s independent auditor which are not encompassed by the Audit Committee’s annual pre-approval and are
not prohibited by law. The Audit Committee has the authority to pre-approve, on a case-by-case basis, non-audit services to be performed
by the Company’s independent auditor. The Audit Committee has approved all audit and permitted non-audit services performed by its
independent auditor for Fiscal 2024.
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ITEM 15 – EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed as part of this
Annual Report.
Exhibit No.
Document
2.1 (4)
Share Exchange Agreement among FingerMotion, Inc., Finger Motion Company Limited and the Shareholders of Finger Motion Company Limited, dated July 13, 2017
3.1 (1)
Certificate of Incorporation
3.2 (2)
Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock dated May 15, 2017
3.3 (3)
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated June 21, 2017
3.4 (7)
Amended and Restated Bylaws
4.1 (*)
Description of Registrant’s Securities
10.1 (2)
Software License Agreement between Finger Motion Company Limited and Property Management Corporation or America dated April 28, 2017
10.2 (5)
Exclusive Consulting Agreement between Shanghai JiuGe Business Management Co., Ltd. and Shanghai JiuGe Information Technology Co., Ltd. dated October 16, 2018
10.3 (5)
Loan Agreement between Shanghai JiuGe Business Management Co., Ltd. and Shanghai JiuGe Information Technology Co., Ltd. dated October 16, 2018
10.4 (5)
Power of Attorney Agreement between Shanghai JiuGe Business Management Co., Ltd. and Shanghai JiuGe Information Technology Co., Ltd. dated October 16, 2018
10.5 (5)
Exclusive Call Option Agreement between Shanghai JiuGe Business Management Co., Ltd. and Shanghai JiuGe Information Technology Co., Ltd. dated October 16, 2018
10.6 (12)
Share Pledge Agreement between Shanghai JiuGe Business Management Co., Ltd. and Shanghai JiuGe Information Technology Co., Ltd. dated October 16, 2018
10.7 (6)
English Translation of Yunnan Unicom Electronic Sales Platform Construction and Operation Cooperation Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2019, between Shanghai JiuGe Information Technology Co., Ltd. and China United Network Communications Limited Yunnan Branch
10.8 (10)
2021 Stock Incentive Plan
10.9 (9)
Convertible Promissory Note in the amount of US$730,000 issued by FingerMotion, Inc. in favor of Dr. Liew Yow Ming, dated May 1, 2022
10.10 (11)
Securities Purchase Agreement between FingerMotion, Inc. and Lind Global Fund II LP, dated August 9, 2022
10.11 (11)
Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated August 9, 2022, issued by FingerMotion, Inc. to Lind Global Fund II LP (†)
10.12 (11)
Security Agreement between FingerMotion, Inc. and Lind Global Fund II LP, dated August 9, 2022
10.13 (11)
Guaranty, dated August 9, 2022, made by each of Finger Motion Company Limited, Finger Motion (CN) Global Limited, Finger Motion (CN) Limited, Shanghai JiuGe Business Management Co., Ltd., Finger Motion Financial Group Limited and Finger Motion Financial Company Limited, in favor of Lind Global Fund II LP
10.14 (13)
2023 Stock Incentive Plan
14.1 (8)
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
19.1 (*)
Securities Trading and Reporting Guidelines
21.1 (*)
Subsidiaries of FingerMotion, Inc.
23.1 (*)
Consent of Centurion ZD CPA & Co.
31.1 (*)
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a).
31.2 (*)
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a).
32.1 (**)
Certifications pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
97.1 (*)
Policy for the Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Incentive-Based Compensation
99.1 (*)
Supplemental Submission pursuant to Item 9C(a) of Form 10-K (Form SPDSCL-HFCAA-GOV)
99.2 (*)
Risk and Information Security Committee Charter
101.INS (*)
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH (*)
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL (*)
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF (*)
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definitions Linkbase Document
101.LAB (*)
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE (*)
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104 (*)
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101 attachments)
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Notes:
(*)
Filed herewith
(**)
Furnished herewith
(†)
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted
(1)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on May 8, 2014 (No. 333-196503)
(2)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 16, 2017
(3)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 12, 2017
(4)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 20, 2017
(5)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2018
(6)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 9, 2019
(7)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 25, 2021
(8)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 21, 2021
(9)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 5, 2022
(10)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 31, 2022
(11)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 15, 2022
(12)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on January 5, 2023 (No. 333-267332)
(13)
Previously filed as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on February 28, 2023 (No. 333-270094)
ITEM 16 – FORM 10-K SUMMARY
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
FINGERMOTION, INC.
Dated: May 29, 2024
By:
/s/ Martin J. Shen
Martin J. Shen, President, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Dated: May 29, 2024
By:
/s/ Martin J. Shen
Martin J. Shen, President, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
Dated: May 29, 2024
By:
/s/ Yew Hon Lee
Yew Hon Lee, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
Dated: May 29, 2024
By:
/s/ Yew Poh Leong
Yew Poh Leong, Director
Dated: May 29, 2024
By:
/s/ Michael Chan
Michael Chan, Director
Dated: May 29, 2024
By:
/s/ Hsien Loong Wong
Hsien Loong Wong, Director
Dated: May 29, 2024
By:
/s/ Eng Ho Ng
Eng Ho Ng, Director
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