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FORM 20-F Cootek 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 12(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, 2018 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to 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 . Commission file number: 001-38665 CooTek (Cayman) Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) N/A (Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English) Cayman Islands (Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) Building 7, No. 2007 Hongmei Road, Xuhui District Shanghai, 201103 People’s Republic of China (Address of Principal Executive Offices) Jean Liqin Zhang, Chief Financial Officer Building 7, No. 2007 Hongmei Road, Xuhui District Shanghai, 201103 People’s Republic of China Phone: +86 21 6485-6352 Email: [email protected] (Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered American depositary shares, each representing 50 Class A New York Stock Exchange ordinary share Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share* New York Stock Exchange* *Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing on the New York Stock Exchange of 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 issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: As of December 31, 2018, there were 3,180,281,201 ordinary shares issued and outstanding, par value $0.00001 per share, being the sum of 2,934,056,736 Class A ordinary shares and 246,224,465 Class B ordinary shares. 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 prepare 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 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 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1 FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 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 41 ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS 62 ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS 62 ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES 79 ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 89 ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 90 ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING 91 ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 91 ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 101 ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES 102 PART II 105 ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES 105 ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS 105 ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 105 ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT 107 ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS 107 ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES 107 ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES 108 ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS 108 ITEM 16F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT 108 ITEM 16G. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 108 ITEM 16H. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE 108 PART III 109 ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 109 ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 109 ITEM 19. EXHIBITS 109 SIGNATURES 112 i Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references in this annual report on Form 20-F to: x “CooTek,” “we,” “us,” “our company” and “our” are to CooTek (Cayman) Inc., its subsidiaries and its consolidated affiliated entities; x “China” or the “PRC” are to the People’s Republic of China, excluding, for the purposes of this annual report only, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan; x “Class A ordinary shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.00001 per share; x “Class B ordinary shares” are to our Class B ordinary shares of par value US$0.00001 per share; x “shares” or “ordinary shares” are to our Class A and Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share; x “ADSs” are to our American depositary shares, each of which represents 50 Class A ordinary shares; x “ADRs” are to the American depositary receipts that evidence our ADSs; x “AI” is to artificial intelligence; x “DAUs” is to the number of active users of our products during a given day. For each individual product, we treat each mobile device on which at least one of the following actions is taken during a given day as one active user for that day: (i) activating or launching such product, (ii) logging in with the user account for such product, or (iii) any other actions that result in a successful network access to our services through such product. The DAUs of multiple products during a given day is the sum of active users of each such product for that day; x “MAUs” is to the number of active users of our products during a given month. For each individual product, we treat each mobile device on which at least one of the following actions is taken during a given month as one active user for that month: (i) activating or launching such product, (ii) logging in with the user account for such product, or (iii) any other actions that result in a successful network access to our services through such product. The MAUs of multiple products during a given month is the sum of active users of each such product for that month; x “our global products” is to the mobile applications that we develop and provide to our users and business partners, which excludes TouchPal Phonebook. TouchPal Phonebook targets the Chinese domestic market and is different from TouchPal Smart Input and our portfolio products that are designed for the global market (including China); x “our portfolio products” is to the mobile applications that we develop and provide to our users and business partners, which excludes TouchPal Smart Input and TouchPal Phonebook; x “RMB” and “Renminbi” are to the legal currency of China; and x “US$,” “U.S. dollars,” “$,” and “dollars” are to the legal currency of the United States. 1 Table of Contents FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This annual report on Form 20-F contains forward-looking statements that reflect our current expectations and views of future events.
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