−Removed: Capital Acquisition Corp.
−Removed: (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on October 20, 2021.
−Removed: The Company was formed for the
−Removed: purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination
−Removed: with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).
−Removed: The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for
−Removed: purposes of consummating a Business Combination.
−Removed: The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company
−Removed: is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
−Removed: of November 30, 2022, the Company has not commenced any operations.
+Added: HWH International Inc.
+Added: (the “Company”) was incorporated in
+Added: Delaware on October 20, 2021 under the name Alset Capital Acquisition Corp.
+Added: The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger,
+Added: capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses
+Added: (the “Business Combination”).
+Added: The Company consummated the Business Combination on January 9, 2024 and changed its name from
+Added: “Alset Capital Acquisition Corp.” to “HWH International Inc.” The Company is an early stage and emerging growth
+Added: company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
+Added: of November 30, 2023, the Company had not commenced any operations.
All activity for the period from October 20, 2021 (inception) through
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is described below and the pursuit of a suitable acquisition candidate.
−Removed: The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after
−Removed: the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest.
−Removed: The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest
−Removed: income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: The Company has selected November 30 as its fiscal year end.
+Added: The Company did not generate any operating revenues prior to
+Added: the completion of its initial Business Combination.
+Added: The Company generated non-operating income in the form of interest income from the
+Added: proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.
+Added: The Company initially selected November 30 as its fiscal year end, although subsequent
+Added: to the period covered by this report, the Company changed its fiscal year end to December 31st.
September 9, 2022, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company,
−Removed: HWH International Inc., a Nevada corporation (“HWH”) and HWH Merger Sub Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary
−Removed: of the Company (“Merger Sub”).
−Removed: The Company and Merger Sub are sometimes referred to collectively as the “ACAX Parties.”
−Removed: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, a business combination between the Company and HWH will be effected through the merger of Merger Sub
−Removed: with and into HWH, with HWH surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”).
−Removed: Upon the closing
−Removed: of the Merger (the “Closing”), it is anticipated that the Company will change its name to “HWH International Inc.”
−Removed: The board of directors of the Company has (i) approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements (as defined
−Removed: in the Merger Agreement) and the transactions contemplated thereby and (ii) resolved to recommend approval of the Merger Agreement and
−Removed: related transactions by the stockholders of the Company.
−Removed: is owned and controlled by certain member officers and directors of the Company and its sponsor.
−Removed: The Merger is expected to be consummated
−Removed: in the first half of 2023, following the receipt of the required approval by the stockholders of the Company and the shareholder of HWH
−Removed: and the satisfaction of certain other customary closing conditions.
−Removed: total consideration to be paid at Closing (the “Merger Consideration”) by the Company to the HWH shareholders will be $125,000,000,
−Removed: and will be payable in shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”).
−Removed: The number of shares of the Company Common Stock to be paid to the shareholders of HWH as Merger Consideration will be 12,500,000, with
+Added: HWH International Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Target”) and HWH Merger Sub Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly owned
+Added: subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”).
+Added: The Company and Merger Sub are sometimes referred to collectively as the “ACAX
+Added: Parties.” Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, a business combination between the Company and the Target was effected through the
+Added: merger of Merger Sub with and into HWH Nevada, with the Target surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the
+Added: Upon the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”), the Company changed its name to “HWH International
+Added: Inc.” The board of directors of the Company (i) approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements
+Added: (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and the transactions contemplated thereby and (ii) resolved to recommend approval of the Merger
+Added: Agreement and related transactions by the stockholders of the Company.
+Added: Target was owned and controlled by certain member officers and directors of the Company and its sponsor.
+Added: The Merger was consummated following
+Added: the receipt of the required approval by the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of the Target and the satisfaction of certain
+Added: other customary closing conditions.
+Added: total consideration to be paid at Closing (the “Merger Consideration”) by the Company to the Target’s shareholders
+Added: was $125,000,000, and was payable in shares of the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”).
+Added: The number of shares of the Company Common Stock paid to the shareholders of the Target as Merger Consideration was 12,500,000, with
each share being valued at $10.00.
−Removed: All cash proceeds remaining in the trust will be used to pay transaction costs and as growth capital
−Removed: There can be no assurance that the Merger will be consummated.
registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on January 31, 2022.
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the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 1,125,000 Units generating additional gross proceeds to
−Removed: the Company of $11,250,000, which is described in Note 3 of the Notes to the audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Year ended November 30, 2022.
+Added: the Company of $11,250,000, which is described in Note 3 of the Notes to the audited Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal Year
+Added: ended November 30, 2023.
Simultaneously
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generating gross proceeds to the Company in the amount of $4,737,500.
−Removed: Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering
−Removed: and the sale of Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied toward consummating
+Added: Company’s management had broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering
+Added: and the sale of Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds were intended to be applied toward consummating
a Business Combination.
−Removed: There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.
−Removed: must complete one or more initial Business Combinations with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal
−Removed: to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes
−Removed: payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account).
−Removed: The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company
−Removed: owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target
−Removed: business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
−Removed: (the “Investment Company Act”).
−Removed: Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, management has agreed that an amount equal
−Removed: to at least $10.10 per Unit sold in the Initial Public Offering, including proceeds from the Private Placement Units, will be held in
−Removed: a trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States and invested only in U.S.
−Removed: government securities, within the
−Removed: meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment
−Removed: company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting certain conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment
−Removed: Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of:
−Removed: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution
−Removed: of the funds held in the Trust Account, as described below.
−Removed: Company will provide the holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “Public Stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem
+Added: The Company was required to complete one or more initial Business Combinations with one or more operating businesses
+Added: or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the
+Added: deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account).
+Added: The Company would only complete a Business
+Added: Combination if the post-transaction company would own or acquire 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise
+Added: acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under
+Added: the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
+Added: Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering,
+Added: management agreed that an amount equal to at least $10.10 per Unit sold in the Initial Public Offering, including proceeds from the Private
+Added: Placement Units, would be held in a trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States and invested only in U.S.
+Added: government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or
+Added: less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting certain conditions
+Added: of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of:
+Added: (i) the completion of a Business Combination
+Added: and (ii) the distribution of the funds held in the Trust Account, as described below.
+Added: Company provided the holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “Public Stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem
all or a portion of their Public Shares either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination
or (ii) by means of a tender offer in connection with the Business Combination.
−Removed: The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder
−Removed: approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company.
−Removed: The Public Stockholders will be entitled to
−Removed: redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.10 per Public
−Removed: Share, plus any pro rata interest then in the Trust Account, net of taxes payable).
−Removed: There will be no redemption rights upon the completion
−Removed: of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants.
−Removed: The Public Shares subject to redemption will be recorded at a
−Removed: redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Accounting
−Removed: Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “ Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity .”
−Removed: of the Public Shares contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s
−Removed: liquidation, if there is a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Company’s Business Combination and in connection
+Added: The decision as to whether the Company would seek stockholder
+Added: approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer was be made by the Company.
+Added: The Public Stockholders were entitled to redeem
+Added: their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account.
+Added: There were no redemption rights upon the completion of a
+Added: Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants.
+Added: The Public Shares subject to redemption were recorded at a redemption
+Added: value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Accounting Standards
+Added: Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “ Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity .”
+Added: of the Public Shares contained a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s
+Added: liquidation, if there was a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Company’s Business Combination and in connection
with certain amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation.
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of permanent equity.
−Removed: Given that the Public Shares will be issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public warrants), the initial
+Added: Given that the Public Shares were issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public warrants), the initial
carrying value of Class A common stock classified as temporary equity will be the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC
−Removed: The Class A common stock is subject to ASC 480-10-S99.
−Removed: If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, we
−Removed: have the option to either (i) accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that
+Added: The Class A common stock was subject to ASC 480-10-S99.
+Added: If it was probable that the equity instrument would become redeemable,
+Added: we had the option to either (i) accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that
it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument or (ii) recognize
−Removed: changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value
−Removed: at the end of each reporting period.
+Added: changes in the redemption value immediately as they occurred and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption
+Added: value at the end of each reporting period.
We have elected to recognize the changes immediately.
−Removed: The accretion or remeasurement will be treated
+Added: The accretion or remeasurement was treated
as a deemed dividend (i.e., a reduction to retained earnings, or in absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital).
−Removed: Shares are redeemable and will be classified as such on the balance sheet until such date that a redemption event takes place.
−Removed: of the Company’s Public Shares may be subject to the satisfaction of conditions, including minimum cash conditions, pursuant to
−Removed: an agreement relating to the Company’s Business Combination.
−Removed: Company will not redeem Public Shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that it does
+Added: Shares were redeemable and were classified as such on the balance sheet until such date that a redemption event was to take place.
+Added: of the Company’s Public Shares may have been subject to the satisfaction of conditions, including minimum cash conditions, pursuant
+Added: to an agreement relating to the Company’s Business Combination.
+Added: Company did not redeem Public Shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that it does
not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules) or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement which
may be contained in the agreement relating to the Business Combination.
−Removed: If the Company seeks stockholder approval of the Business Combination,
−Removed: the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business
−Removed: Combination, or such other vote as required by law or stock exchange rule.
−Removed: If a stockholder vote is not required by applicable law or
−Removed: stock exchange listing requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company
−Removed: will, pursuant to its second amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct
−Removed: the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S.
−Removed: Securities and Exchange Commission and file tender offer documents with
−Removed: the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination.
−Removed: If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law
−Removed: or stock exchange listing requirements, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company
−Removed: will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer
−Removed: If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder
−Removed: Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business
−Removed: Additionally, each Public Stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective
−Removed: of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.
+Added: The Company proceeded with a Business Combination since a majority
+Added: of the outstanding shares voted were voted in favor of the Business Combination.
+Added: Because stockholder approval of the transaction was
+Added: required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, the Company offered to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation
+Added: pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules.
+Added: When the Company sought stockholder approval in connection with
+Added: the Business Combination, the Sponsor agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during
+Added: or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination.
+Added: Additionally, each Public Stockholder has the opportunity
+Added: to elect to redeem their Public Shares without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed
Notwithstanding
−Removed: the foregoing, if the Company seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the
−Removed: tender offer rules, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder
+Added: the foregoing, if the Company sought stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it did not conduct redemptions pursuant to the
+Added: tender offer rules, the Certificate of Incorporation provided that a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder
or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities
−Removed: Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more
+Added: Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), would be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more
than an aggregate of 15% of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.
−Removed: holders of the Founder Shares have agreed (a) to waive their redemption rights with respect to the Founder Shares and Public Shares held
−Removed: by them in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation
+Added: holders of the Founder Shares agreed (a) to waive their redemption rights with respect to the Founder Shares and Public Shares held by
+Added: them in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation
(i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemptions in connection with a Business Combination
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below) or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity, unless
−Removed: the Company provides the Public Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.
−Removed: the Company has not completed a Business Combination within 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering (or 15 months
−Removed: if we have filed a proxy statement, registration statement or similar filing for an initial Business Combination within 12 months
−Removed: from the consummation of Initial Public Offering but have not completed the initial Business Combination within such 12-month
−Removed: period, or up to 21 months if we extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination, at the election of the Company by
−Removed: two separate three month extensions, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including the deposit of up to $862,500 ($0.10
−Removed: per unit in either case) for each three month extension, into the trust account, or as extended by the Company’s stockholders
−Removed: in accordance with our amended and restated certificate of incorporation), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the
−Removed: purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public
−Removed: Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including
−Removed: interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to pay taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to
−Removed: pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish
−Removed: Public Stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and
−Removed: (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining
−Removed: stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s
−Removed: obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
−Removed: There will be no
−Removed: redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the
−Removed: Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.
+Added: the Company provided the Public Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.
+Added: the Company had not completed a Business Combination within 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering (or 15 months if
+Added: we had filed a proxy statement, registration statement or similar filing for an initial Business Combination within 12 months from the
+Added: consummation of Initial Public Offering but had not completed the initial Business Combination within such 12-month period, or up to
+Added: 21 months if we extended the period of time to consummate a Business Combination, at the election of the Company by two separate three
+Added: month extensions, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including the deposit of up to $862,500 ($0.10 per unit in either case)
+Added: for each three month extension, into the trust account, or as extended by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with our amended
+Added: and restated certificate of incorporation), the Company would have (i) ceased all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii)
+Added: as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeemed the Public Shares, at a per-share price,
+Added: payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the
+Added: Trust Account and not previously released to pay taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the
+Added: number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption would completely extinguish Public Stockholders’ rights as stockholders
+Added: (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such
+Added: redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolved
+Added: and liquidated, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the
+Added: requirements of other applicable law.
+Added: There would have been no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s
+Added: warrants, which would have expired worthless if the Company had failed to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.
holders of the Founders Shares have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails
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the completion of its initial business combination, at the earliest.
−Removed: In addition, the Company expects to have negative cash flows from operations as it
−Removed: pursues an initial business combination target.
−Removed: In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in
−Removed: accordance with Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s
+Added: In addition, the Company expects to have negative cash flows from
+Added: operations as it pursues an initial business combination target.
+Added: In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations
+Added: in accordance with Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s
Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” the Company does not currently have adequate liquidity to sustain operations, which consist
solely of pursuing a Business Combination.
−Removed: Company may raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from the Sponsor or its stockholders, officers, directors,
−Removed: or third parties.
−Removed: The Company’s officers and directors and the Sponsor may, but are not obligated to (except as described above),
−Removed: loan the Company funds, from time to time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s
−Removed: working capital needs.
−Removed: Based on the foregoing, the Company believes it will have sufficient cash to meet its needs through the earlier
−Removed: of consummation of a Business Combination or the deadline to complete a Business Combination pursuant to the Company’s Amended
−Removed: and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (unless otherwise amended by shareholders).
−Removed: the Company expects to have sufficient access to additional sources of capital if necessary, there is no current commitment on the part
−Removed: of any financing source to provide additional capital and no assurances can be provided that such additional capital will ultimately
−Removed: be available.
−Removed: These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period
−Removed: of time within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued.
−Removed: There is no assurance that the Company’s plans
−Removed: to raise additional capital (to the extent ultimately necessary) or to consummate a Business Combination will be successful or successful
−Removed: within the Combination Period.
−Removed: The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
−Removed: is customary for a special purpose acquisition company, if the Company is not able to consummate a Business Combination during the Combination
−Removed: Period, it will cease all operations and redeem the Public Shares.
−Removed: Management plans to continue its efforts to consummate a Business
−Removed: Combination during the Combination Period.
−Removed: and Uncertainties
−Removed: is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the economic
−Removed: effects of the pandemic could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search
−Removed: for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements.
−Removed: The balance sheet
−Removed: does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
−Removed: the present time, the Company has no employees.
−Removed: The Company has an agreement with Alset Management Group, Inc., pursuant to which, for
+Added: January 9, 2024, the Company consummated the business combination (the “Closing”) contemplated by the previously announced
+Added: Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 9, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”).
+Added: The Company’s common stock commenced
+Added: trading on the Nasdaq Global Market LLC under the ticker symbol “HWH” on January 9, 2024, and the Company’s warrants
+Added: are expected to commence trading under the symbol “HWHW” at a later date.
+Added: Company has incurred continuing losses from its operations and has a working capital deficit of $134,421 as of November 30, 2023.
+Added: The Company has no operating income and incurs continuing operating expenses.
+Added: There are no assurances the Company will be able to raise
+Added: capital on acceptable terms or that cash flows generated from its operations will be sufficient to meet its current operating costs.
+Added: If the Company is unable to obtain sufficient amounts of additional capital, it may be required to reduce the scope of its business,
+Added: which could harm its financial condition and operating results.
+Added: conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue ongoing operations.
+Added: These consolidated financial
+Added: statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
+Added: Business Overview
+Added: Since the Closing on January 9, 2024, we now own the Target company acquired
+Added: pursuant to the Merger Agreement (references to “we”, “us” and “our” herein include our newly acquired
+Added: Our newly acquired business started in Korea with a single-level membership marketing model with limited products for sale.
+Added: We registered the business on April 1, 2019, and we started selling memberships on July 1, 2019.
+Added: While we had been profitable and growing,
+Added: the COVID-19 Pandemic had a material adverse effect on such growth and profits.
+Added: Due to the decline in membership and revenue starting
+Added: in 2020, we reorganized our internal staff by adding a broader team in each of the United States, Hong Kong and Singapore with direct
+Added: selling and business development experience to head up and expand our operations across various geographies and revised our business plan
+Added: to a multi-level membership tier model in 2022, with more products and services to be made available to our members.
+Added: We created a new
+Added: corporate structure, with subsidiaries in the U.S., Hong Kong and Singapore, that would allow for quick geographical expansion and turned
+Added: our focus to the Hapi Café development.
+Added: We currently have 9,811 members, all in a single initial tier of membership.
+Added: These current
+Added: members have paid for their yearly membership to have founder member status.
+Added: This is a privileged class that will be able to enjoy continuous
+Added: membership benefits in time to come given that they have trusted the company and joined at an early stage.
+Added: Such benefits include the ability
+Added: to purchase new memberships, in the model described below, at a discount to be determined by HWH.
+Added: They will also continue to be able to
+Added: earn affiliate commissions as they sell our products in the marketplace and enjoy discounted rates when visiting Hapi Cafés until
+Added: further notice.
+Added: The total number of founding members was capped at 10,000.
+Added: The Company is in the midst of implementing the new membership
+Added: model described below (the “New Model”), that operates on a yearly subscription basis.
+Added: We intend to resume membership sales,
+Added: albeit under the New Model, in approximately 2nd quarter of 2024.
+Added: Members get exclusive discounts on HWH Marketplace products, priority invites to product launch events and other parties, and can earn
+Added: passive income when a member’s referral signs up for membership or makes an initial purchase through the HWH Marketplace products
+Added: through them.
+Added: segments include:
+Added: Marketplace, which offers certain products manufactured by our affiliate companies, at a discounted price to our members.
+Added: is substantially in the development stage, as we have been in discussions regarding the import and export of these products internationally.
+Added: The various aspects of the HWH Marketplace will be launched in phases across the various regions, each with their own timeline, depending
+Added: on the completion of the establishment of the logistical aspects for implementation (i.e., payment gateway systems, business licenses,
+Added: banking set up, import licenses, managerial resources, etc.) This will be an on-going process as we expand our product and service offering
+Added: There are, however, certain limited products currently for sale at our Hapi Cafés, including spaghetti, a gig-economy business
+Added: book and certain skincare products.
+Added: Cafés, which are, and will be, in-person, location-based social experiences, offer members the opportunity to build a
+Added: sense of community with like-minded customers who share a potential interest in our products.
+Added: The cafes expose our members to and educate
+Added: them about the products and services of our affiliates, providing us with the chance to significantly increase our membership base as
+Added: well as increase the amounts spent by our members on our affiliates’ products and services.
+Added: Each of our cafés is a “Hapi
+Added: Café.” We opened proof-of-concept Hapi Café locations in Seoul, the Republic of Korea and Singapore in May and July
+Added: 2022, respectively, and plan to open additional Hapi Cafés as we beta test and further improve our business concept.
+Added: to grow our memberships as we grow the number of Hapi Cafés around the world.
+Added: Currently, Hapi Cafe branded outlets span across
+Added: Asia, including Singapore, Republic of China (Taiwan), Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China, and South Korea, Hapi Cafe is positioned
+Added: to be an integral part of HWH’s business model.
+Added: As at the date of this filing, the Company is in the midst of closing the acquisition
+Added: of 2nd Hapi Café outlet in Seoul, the Republic of Korea.
+Added: Travel is in the planning stage as we are working with our affiliates to determine the market-by-market services.
+Added: Travel, we plan to offer exclusive access to unpublished rates and discounts on air travel, cruises, car rentals, hotels, and resorts
+Added: Hapi Travel offers vacation packages, hotels, cruises, and other travel products exclusively for HWH members.
+Added: Wealth Builder is also in the planning stage as we are exploring the options of providing services to our members through financial
+Added: educational materials aimed at various types of investing opportunities.
+Added: We have been establishing Hapi Cafés as venues and destinations
+Added: that help build the credibility and reputation of the Company and its Hapi Wealth Builder business, which we intend to launch in 2024.
+Added: the COVID-19 Pandemic, we believe people are looking for in-person community.
+Added: By offering a social and business centric atmosphere
+Added: at our Hapi Cafés, we plan to leverage this deeply-rooted desire and build a membership organization, increase their
+Added: familiarity with and educate them about the products and services of our affiliates and how those products and services can help
+Added: them in their own individual pursuits of health, wealth and happiness.
+Added: strategy is to continuously grow our membership base, while displaying to our members the added benefits of the higher tiers of membership.
+Added: We will look to accomplish this by providing a comfortable in person setting of a Hapi Café for our customers in many more locations.
+Added: We also plan to continually expand our product offerings and the services our affiliate companies can provide in the belief that this
+Added: can serve to grow our membership base and have our members increasingly opt to avail themselves of membership options that offer them
+Added: larger discounts and other benefits on the products and services of our affiliates
+Added: Organizational Chart:
+Added: the present time, the Company has 19 employees.
+Added: The Company had an agreement with Alset Management Group, Inc., pursuant to which, for
a fee, Alset Management Group, Inc.
−Removed: provides the Company with secretarial and administrative services.
−Removed: of Recent Public Health Events
−Removed: COVID-19 pandemic worldwide and resulting epidemic in the United States has resulted in a widespread health crisis that has adversely
−Removed: affected the economy and financial markets, and the business of any potential target business with which we consummate a business combination
−Removed: could be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: We may be unable to complete a business combination if continued concerns relating to COVID-19
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−Removed: The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our search
−Removed: for a business combination will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information
−Removed: which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others.
−Removed: If the disruptions
−Removed: posed by COVID-19 or other matters of global concern continue for an extensive period of time, our ability to consummate a business combination,
−Removed: or the operations of a target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected.
+Added: provided the Company with secretarial and administrative services.
+Added: This agreement expired at the
+Added: time of closing of Business Combination.
anticipate filing additional trademark applications as we expand into new areas of business.
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−Removed: The Company maintains a website at https://www.alsetcapitalacquisition.com
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−Removed: We have included our website address as an inactive textual reference only
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−Removed: STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
−Removed: Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, our future operating results and financial
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−Removed: “potential” and similar expression are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking
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−Removed: We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections
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−Removed: are a number of important risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking
−Removed: We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should
−Removed: not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions
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−Removed: Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact
−Removed: of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments that we may make.
−Removed: You should read this Report on Form 10-K
−Removed: and the documents that we have filed as exhibits to this Report on Form 10-K completely and with the understanding that our actual future
−Removed: results may be materially different from what we expect.
−Removed: The forward-looking statements contained in this Report on Form 10-K are made
−Removed: as of the date of this Report on Form 10-K, and we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as
−Removed: a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
+Added: Company maintains a website at https://www.hwhintl.com where you may also access these materials free of charge.
+Added: We have included our
+Added: website address as an inactive textual reference only and the information contained in, and that can be accessed through, our website
+Added: is not incorporated into and is not part of this report on Form 10-K.
+Added: Risk Factors.
+Added: Not applicable to smaller reporting companies.
+Added: Unresolved Staff Comments.
+Added: applicable to smaller reporting companies.
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