Lixiang Education Holding Co. Ltd. Form 20-F Filed
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM 20-F Annual and transition report of foreign private issuers pursuant to sections 13 or 15(d) Filing Date: 2021-04-30 | Period of Report: 2020-12-31 SEC Accession No. 0001193125-21-142767 (HTML Version on secdatabase.com) FILER Lixiang Education Holding Co. Ltd. Mailing Address Business Address NO. 818 HUA YUAN STREET NO. 818 HUA YUAN STREET CIK:1814067| IRS No.: 000000000 LIANDU DISTRICT LIANDU DISTRICT Type: 20-F | Act: 34 | File No.: 001-39559 | Film No.: 21873953 LISHUI CITY. ZHEJIANG LISHUI CITY. ZHEJIANG SIC: 8200 Educational services PROVINCE F4 323000 PROVINCE F4 323000 86(578)2267142 Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 20-F (Mark One) ☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR ☐ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of event requiring this shell company report For the transition period from to Commission file number: 001-39559 Lixiang Education Holding Co., Ltd. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) N/A (Translation of Registrants name into English) Cayman Islands (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) No. 818 Hua Yuan Street Liandu District, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, 323000 Peoples Republic of China (Address of principal executive offices) Weijian Xu, Chief Financial Officer Telephone: +86-578-2267142 Email: [email protected] No. 818 Hua Yuan Street Liandu District, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, 323000 Peoples Republic of China (Name, Telephone, Email and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Trading Name of Each Exchange Title of Each Class Symbol On Which Registered American depositary shares, each representing LXEH The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC five ordinary shares (The Nasdaq Global Market) Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC share* (The Nasdaq Global Market) * Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC of the American depositary shares. Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None (Title of Class) Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None (Title of Class) Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuers classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: As of December 31, 2020, there were 66,667,000 ordinary shares outstanding, par value of US$0.0001 per share. Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ☐ Yes ☒ No If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ☐ Yes ☒ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒ Yes ☐ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). ☒ Yes ☐ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☒ Emerging growth company ☒ If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ The term new or revised financial accounting standard refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its managements assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐ Yes ☒ No Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing: U.S. GAAP ☒ International Financial Reporting Standards as issued Other ☐ by the International Accounting Standards Board ☐ If Other has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. ☐ Item 17 ☐ Item 18 If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes ☒ No (APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. ☐ Yes ☐ No Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1 FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION 2 PART I 3 ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS 3 ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE 3 ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION 3 ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY 35 ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS 58 ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS 58 ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES 73 ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 78 ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 80 ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING 81 ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 82 ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 93 ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES 94 PART II 95 ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES 95 ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS 95 ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 96 ITEM 16.A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT 97 ITEM 16.B. CODE OF ETHICS 97 ITEM 16.C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES 97 ITEM 16.D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES 98 ITEM 16.E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS 98 ITEM 16.F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANTS CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT 98 ITEM 16.G. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 98 ITEM 16.H. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE 98 PART III 98 ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 98 ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 98 ITEM 19. EXHIBITS 99 SIGNATURES 103 Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents INTRODUCTION In this annual report on Form 20-F, unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to: ADRs refer to our American depositary receipts that evidence our ADSs; ADSs refer to our American depositary shares, each of which represents five ordinary shares; CAGR refers to compound annual growth rate; China or the PRC refers to the Peoples Republic of China, excluding, for the purposes of this annual report on Form 20-F only, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan; Liandu WFOE refers to Zhejiang Mengxiang Consultancy Services Co., Ltd., a wholly foreign-owned enterprise incorporated under the laws of the PRC; Lishui Mengxiang refers to Lishui Mengxiang Education Development Company Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of the PRC and the sponsor of our School; Lixiang, we, us, our company, the Company and our refer to Lixiang Education Holding Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Lianwai Education Group Limited), an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability, and its subsidiaries, and, in the context of describing our operations and combined and consolidated financial information, also include its consolidated variable interest entities; Mengxiang Holdings or Controlling Shareholder refers to, Mengxiang Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company; ordinary shares refer to our ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 per share; RMB and Renminbi refer to the legal currency of China; SEC refers to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; School refers to Liandu Foreign Language School, comprising of Baiyun Campus, Yijing CampusFeatured Division and High School Division; school year refers to the periods from September of each calendar year to July of the following calendar year which consists of two semesters.