ICZOOM Group Inc.
We are an offshore holding company incorporated in Cayman Islands, conducting our operation in Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) through our wholly-owned subsidiaries in Hong Kong and PRC. Prior to December 2021, our wholly foreign owned entity in PRC, Components Zone (Shenzhen) Development Limited (“ICZOOM WFOE”) had contractual arrangements, or VIE arrangements, with Pai Ming Shenzhen which held an Internet Content Provider (“ICP”) license, allowing us to provide internet information services through our e-commerce platform in PRC. The ICP license is a VATS License with the business scope of Internet information service that commercial Internet information services operators are required to obtain and can only be held by PRC operators without any foreign ownership because the PRC law prohibits direct foreign investment in internet-based businesses. In December 2021, we terminated the VIE arrangements with Pai Ming Shenzhen, and our Hong Kong subsidiary, Iczoom Electronics Limited, or ICZOOM HK, now operates our B2B online platform www.iczoomex.com, which does not require an ICP license under the PRC law. The reason for us to change the entity operating our B2B online platform was twofold. First, with the increased number of customers in Hong Kong and potential demands from other countries for electronic components in China, we were motivated to establish a B2B online platform in Hong Kong for our growth in the Hong Kong market and potential expansion to other markets. Second, the substantially increased regulatory and operational risks of the VIE arrangements accelerated our termination of the VIE arrangements, which as a result terminated our contractual right to access to the old platform held by Pai Ming Shenzhen. Our new platform www.iczoomex.com is not only operated and managed by ICZOOM HK but its server and data are located and stored in Singapore. As neither our online platform nor its operation is within the territory of China, ICZOOM HK is not required by PRC law to obtain an ICP license to maintain and operate www.iczoomex.com, and we are able to provide internet information services through www.iczoomex.com. Upon the termination of the VIE arrangements, we no longer consolidate the operation and financial results of Pai Ming Shenzhen and conduct all of our operations through our wholly owned subsidiaries in China and Hong Kong. Nevertheless, we generated more than 96.5% of our revenue from operations of our wholly foreign owned subsidiaries for the last three fiscal years before the termination of the VIE arrangements and now generate all of our revenue from operations of our wholly owned subsidiaries after such termination. While the current corporate structure does not contain any VIE and we have no intention establishing any VIEs in PRC in the future, if in the future the PRC laws and regulations change, and the PRC regulatory authorities disallow the VIE structure, including retroactively, it would likely result in a material adverse change in our operations, and the securities of ICZOOM Cayman may decline significantly in value or become worthless. Following the termination of the VIE arrangements in December 2021, we no longer have access to the old platform or website in China, and we now operate a new B2B platform through www.iczoomex.com. The new platform has substantially the same features and functions as the old platform or website, which, among others, enables us to collect, optimize and present product offering information, match orders for customers and fulfil orders through our SaaS suite services. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, we made purchases from a total of 1,012 and 966 suppliers, respectively. As the date hereof, we have uploaded information of all products we purchased not only from those suppliers but from any new suppliers in 2022 on the new platform. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, we generated revenue from a total of 1,051 and 1,049 customers through the old platform, respectively. The new platform, however, does not automatically integrate the information of registered customers from the old platform. The customers are mainly small-medium electronic component buyers in PRC, some of which are repeat customers who constantly place orders on the platform and some are less active who place orders whenever they need to. For those repeat customers, we were able to contact them and worked with them even prior to the termination of the VIE arrangement to register with the new platform and continue working with them to transfer over to the new platform. For other random customers, with the assistance from Pai Ming Shenzhen, we had gradually transferred them over. See more details about the cooperation with Pai Ming Shenzhen described in this prospectus. It took us approximately one year to complete the transfer of customers. During the period from January to June 2022, we had 746 customers, among which 545 were transferred customers and 201 were new customers (including 44 new customers sourced by Pai Ming Shenzhen). During January and June 2022, orders placed by 545 transferred customers attributed revenue of approximately $135.2 million (or 90.0% of the revenue) and orders placed by 201 new customers attributed revenue of $15.0 million (or 10.0% of the revenue); totalling revenue of $150.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2022 and representing an increase of 4.0% compared to the revenue of $144.5 million during the comparative six months in 2021. In order to retain customers and reduce interruption of operations during the transitional period, we entered into a business cooperation agreement with Pai Ming Shenzhen on January 18, 2022. Pursuant to the business cooperation agreement, Pai Ming Shenzhen utilized the old platform to provide us with network services, including but not limited to business consultation, website information push, matching services of supply and demand information, online advertising, software customization, data analysis, website operation and other in-depth vertical services through online and offline data push and we agreed to pay Pai Ming Shenzhen for its monthly service with a base monthly fixed fee of RMB100,000 and additional variable service fee based on its performance during the one-year-term of the agreement. Pai Ming Shenzhen also posted the offering prices of products for customers to review and request orders on the old platform, however the old platform no longer had the function to match and fulfil orders. When an order was placed on the old platform, the customer would receive an automatically generated message that a representative would contact him, her or it shortly to confirm and fulfil the order. Pai Ming Shenzhen sent information of orders to us on a daily basis so that we could contact customers directly to guide them to register with the new platform to place orders so that the orders could be matched and fulfilled through the new platform. The services provided by Pai Ming Shenzhen to assist with the transfer were paid out through its monthly fixed fee, for any new customer that had not previously registered with the old platform but sourced by Pai Ming Shenzhen and had placed orders with us through the new platform, we agreed to pay Pai Ming Shenzhen a variable service fee. During the one-year term of the business cooperation agreement, 73 new customers sourced by Pai Ming Shenzhen placed orders on our new platform, and we have paid Pai Ming Shenzhen approximately RMB 73,000 (approximately $0.01 million) of additional variable service fees for such new customers. This business cooperation agreement expired after the one-year term, and we did not renew or enter into a new business cooperation agreement with Pai Ming Shenzhen. As an ICP license is no longer required for the new platform, the business cooperation agreement is not necessary for us to operate the e-commerce platform in the long term, but it is necessary for us to retain the customers who still use the old platform during the transitional period. In addition, from January to June 2022, we also had 201 new customers, including 7 new customers located outside of China because the new platform in Hong Kong is easier for customers outside of China to access to as compared to the old platform. Taking all the factors and measures in consideration, we do not expect any material negative impact caused by the termination of the VIE arrangement on our business or the results of operations except that (i) we will incur additional expenses under the business cooperation agreement with Pai Ming Shenzhen; (ii) we have to designate a certain sales person and service team to assist with the transfer which may be a slight distraction to our routine business; and (iii) it may cause a certain level of inconvenience to customers to redo a new registration and get familiar with the new platform. PRC laws and regulations governing our current business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain, and therefore, these risks may result in a material change in our operations, significant depreciation of the value of our Class A ordinary shares, or a complete hindrance of our ability to offer or continue to offer our securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. The Chinese government may intervene or influence the operations of our PRC operating entities at any time and may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, which could result in a material change in the operations of our PRC operating entities and/or the value of our Class A ordinary shares. Further, any actions by the Chinese government to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. Recently, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in China with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. On December 24, 2021, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) issued the Draft Rules Regarding Overseas Listings. After the termination of the agreements under the VIE structure, in consideration that it may take some time for customers to take actions to complete the transfer and adapt to the new platform from the old platform operated by Pai Ming Shenzhen, ICZOOM WFOE entered into a business cooperation agreement with Pai Ming Shenzhen on January 18, 2022, under which Pai Ming Shenzhen agreed to provide us with network services including but not limited to business consultation, website information push, matching services of supply and demand information, online advertising, software customization, data analysis, website operation and other in-depth vertical services through online and offline data push through its platform. Uncertainties exist regarding whether Hong Kong companies are subject to the new Cybersecurity Review Measures, and ICZOOM HK as the operator of our online platform may be subject to PRC laws relating to the use, sharing, retention, security, and transfer of confidential and private information, such as personal information and other data. According to the Cybersecurity Review Measures, which was promulgated on December 28, 2021 and became effective on February 15, 2022 and replaced the Cybersecurity Review Measures promulgated on April 13, 2020, online platform operator holding more than one million users/users’ individual information shall be subject to cybersecurity review before listing abroad. Cybersecurity Review Measures does not provide a definition of “online platform operator”, therefore, we cannot assure you that ICZOOM WFOE will not be deemed as an “online platform operator.” On November 14, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China, or “CAC”, released the Regulations on the Network Data Security Management (Draft for Comments), or the Data Security Management Regulations Draft, to solicit public opinion and comments. Pursuant to the Data Security Management Regulations Draft, data processor holding more than one million users/users’ individual information shall be subject to cybersecurity review before listing abroad. Data processing activities refer to activities such as the collection, retention, use, processing, transmission, provision, disclosure, or deletion of data. We may be deemed as a data processor under the Data Security Management Regulations Draft. Notwithstanding the foregoing, even if we are deemed as an online platform operator under the Cybersecurity Review Measures or a data processor under the Data Security Management Regulations Draft, we do not expect to be subject to the cybersecurity review in connection with this offering before listing abroad because we currently hold aggregate less than ten thousand users’ individual information and it is very unlikely that we will reach threshold of one million users’ individual information in the near future as we are a B2B platform where our registered users are substantially small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”). Since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list on an U.S. exchange. --- We, supported by our e-commerce trading platform, are primarily engaged in sales of electronic component products to customers in Hong Kong and the PRC. These products are primarily used by China based small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) in the consumer electronic industry, Internet of Things (“IoT”), automotive electronics and industry control segment. In addition to the sales of electronic component products, we also provide services to customers such as temporary warehousing, logistic and shipping, and customs clearance and charge them additional service commission fees. We primarily generate revenue from sales of electronic components products to customers. In addition, we have certain amount of revenue from service commission fee for services provided to our customers. Our principal executive office is located at Room 3801, Building A, Sunhope e·METRO, No. 7018 Cai Tian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 518000, and the lease for our current office will expire in May 2025. Our registered agent in Cayman Islands is Vistra (Cayman) Limited, P. O. Box 31119 Grand Pavilion, Hibiscus Way, 802 West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, KY1-1205 Cayman Islands.