Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd [AEHL] Filings

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2024

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form F-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ANTELOPE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Room 1802, Block D, Zhonghai International Center,

Hi-Tech Zone, Chengdu,

Sichuan Province, PRC

Telephone: +86 (28) 8532 4355

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Weilai Zhang

Suite 7540, The Empire State Building,

350 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10118

Telephone: +1 (838) 500 8888

(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Joan Wu, Esq.

Hunter Taubman Fisher & Li LLC

950 Third Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Tel: (212) 530-2208

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date hereof.

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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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities 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.

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The Selling Shareholder may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Up to 30,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares and

Up to 1,300,000 Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants

Offered by the Selling Shareholders

Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited

This prospectus relates to the offer and resale, from time to time, by the five selling shareholders identified in this prospectus (the “Selling Shareholders”, each individually, the “Selling Shareholder”), of up to 31,300,000 Class A ordinary shares, no par value each (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), of Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited (the “Company”), consisting of (i) up to 30,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to the Subscription Agreements (as defined below) from time to time after the date of this prospectus and; (ii) 1,300,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of certain outstanding warrants issued on February 23, 2024 (the “Warrants”, the holders of such Warrants, the “Warrant Holders”). The Selling Shareholders are identified in the table commencing on page 108 of this prospectus.

On March 25, 2024, the Company entered into three standby equity subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with Dafu International Group Ltd., Baisheng International Group Ltd. and Dongsheng International Group Ltd. (each, an “Investor”, collectively, the “Investors”), respectively. Each Subscription Agreements provided for the sale of up to 10,000,000 of the Class A Ordinary Shares. Under the Subscription Agreements, the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to issue to the Investors, and each Investor has the obligation to subscribe for, up to 10,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares. Each Class A Ordinary Share issuable from time to time under the Subscription Agreements will be issued at a per share purchase price equal to the lesser of (i) the average closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares during the three consecutive trading days commencing on the applicable advance notice date, as set forth in the Subscription Agreements, or (ii) $1.12.

On February 23, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with the Warrant Holders (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, the Company issued to the Warrant Holders the Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,300,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, at an initial exercise price equal to $1.10 per share. The Warrants were issued on February 23, 2024. They are exercisable at any time on or after the date of issuance and will expire on the fifth anniversary of the issuance date.

We are not selling any Class A Ordinary Shares under this prospectus and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Class A Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholders. However, we will receive proceeds from cash exercise of the Warrants by the Warrant Holders, which, if exercised for cash with respect to all of the 1,300,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, would result in gross proceeds of $1.43 million to us, assuming exercise price is $1.10 per share. We will also receive gross proceeds of approximately $33.6 million from sales of our Class A Ordinary Shares to the Investors under the Subscription Agreements, assuming the per share price is $1.12, from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We plan to use the proceeds for the repayment of three promissory notes of the Company with an aggregate outstanding balance of approximately $6.75 million, recruitment of personnel in the U.S., the expansion of our business into the U.S., and working capital and general corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds”.

Information regarding the Selling Shareholders, the number of Class A Ordinary Shares that may be sold by them, and the times and manner in which they may offer and sell the Class A Ordinary Shares under this prospectus is provided under the sections titled “Selling Shareholders” and “Plan of Distribution,” respectively, in this prospectus. We do not know when or in what amount the Selling Shareholders may offer the Class A Ordinary Shares for sale. The Selling Shareholders may sell any, all, or none of the Class A Ordinary Shares offered by this prospectus.

No Class A Ordinary Shares are being registered hereunder for sale by us. The Selling Shareholder may sell the Class A Ordinary Shares included in this prospectus in a number of different ways and at varying prices. We provide more information about how the Selling Shareholders may sell the shares in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.” Each Selling Shareholder is an “underwriter” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act.

Our Class A Ordinary Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “AEHL”. On May 23, 2024, the last reported sale price of our Class A Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq was $1.4001 per share.

We are subject to certain legal and operational risks associated with being based in China. PRC laws and regulations governing our current business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain, and as a result these risks may result in material changes in the operations of the subsidiaries, 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. Recently, the PRC government adopted a series of regulatory actions and issued statements to regulate business operations in China, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas using variable interest entity structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. As of the date of this prospectus, our Company, the subsidiaries have not been involved in any investigations on cybersecurity review initiated by any PRC regulatory authority, nor has any of them received any inquiry, notice or sanction. As of the date of this prospectus, there are currently no relevant laws or regulations in the PRC that prohibit companies whose entity interests are within the PRC from listing on overseas stock exchanges. However, since these statements and regulatory actions are newly published, official guidance and related implementation rules have not been issued. It is highly uncertain what the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and our ability to continue our listing on an U.S. exchange. See “Risk Factors — Risk Factors Relating to Our Operations in China — Introduction of new laws or changes to existing laws by the PRC government may adversely affect our business.” and other risk factors disclosed in “Risk Factors — Risk Factors Relating to Our Operations in China” in this prospectus.

Our Class A Ordinary Shares may be delisted and prohibited from being traded under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act if the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) is unable to inspect our auditor. On May 20, 2020, the Senate passed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act prohibiting an issuer’s securities from being traded on a national exchange if the PCAOB is unable to inspect the issuer’s auditors for three consecutive years. Pursuant to the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, (the “HFCAA”), if the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB, is unable to inspect an issuer’s auditors for three consecutive years, the issuer’s securities are prohibited to trade on a U.S. stock exchange. The PCAOB issued a Determination Report on December 16, 2021 which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in: (1) mainland China of the People’s Republic of China because of a position taken by one or more authorities in mainland China; and (2) Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in Hong Kong. Furthermore, the PCAOB’s report identified the specific registered public accounting firms which are subject to these determinations. On June 22, 2021, United States Senate has passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “Accelerating HFCAA”), which, if enacted, would decrease the number of “non-inspection years” from three years to two years, and thus, would reduce the time before our securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or investigate completely our auditor. Our former auditor, Centurion ZD CPA & Co (the “CZD CPA”), the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, is headquartered in Hong Kong. CZD CPA is currently subject to Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) inspections under a regular basis. Our current auditor, ARK PRO CPA & CO (the “ARK PRO”), is headquartered in Hong Kong, and is currently subject to the PCAOB inspections under a regular basis. As of the date of the prospectus, ARK PRO, our current auditor, and CZD CPA, our former auditor, are not subject to the determinations as to inability to inspect or investigate completely as announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021.   On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB announced that it had signed a Statement of Protocol (the “Statement of Protocol”) with the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance of China. The terms of the Statement of Protocol would grant the PCAOB complete access to audit work papers and other information so that it may inspect and investigate PCAOB-registered accounting firms headquartered in China and Hong Kong. According to the PCAOB, its December 2021 determinations under the HFCAA remain in effect. The PCAOB is required to reassess these determinations by the end of 2022. Under the PCAOB’s rules, a reassessment of a determination under the HFCA Act may result in the PCAOB reaffirming, modifying or vacating the determination. However, recent developments with respect to audits of China-based companies create uncertainty about the ability of ARK PRO or CZD CPA to fully cooperate with the PCAOB’s request for audit work papers without the approval of the Chinese authorities. In the event it is later determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely the Company’s auditor because of a position taken by an authority in a foreign jurisdiction, then such lack of inspection could cause trading in the Company’s securities to be prohibited under the HFCAA ultimately result in a determination by a securities exchange to delist the Company’s securities. See “Risk Factors — Relating to Our Operations in China — Our shares may be delisted under the HFCA Act as the PCAOB is unable to inspect our auditor with presence in Hong Kong, and the delisting of our shares, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.” in this prospectus.

During our fiscal year 2022, we were conclusively listed by the SEC as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCA Act following the filing of our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Our auditor for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, a registered public accounting firm that the PCAOB was not able to inspect or investigate completely in 2021 according to the PCAOB’s December 16, 2021 determinations, issued the audit report for us for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB issued a HFCA Act determination report that vacated its December 16, 2021 determinations and removed mainland China and Hong Kong from the list of jurisdictions where it had been unable to completely inspect or investigate the registered public accounting firms. For this reason, we do not expect to be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCA Act as of the date of this prospectus.

The jurisdictions in which our consolidated foreign operating entities are incorporated include mainland China, Hong Kong, and British Virgin Islands. We hold 100% equity interests in its consolidated operating entities, except for Hainan Kylin Cloud Services Technology Co., Ltd., in which the Company indirectly holds 51% equity interest. We reviewed (i) the shareholder register provided by Transhare Corporation, our transfer agent, and (ii) Schedules 13D and 13G filed by the shareholders, the absence of any Schedule 13D or 13G filing made by any foreign governmental entity with respect to the Company’s securities, and the absence of foreign government representation on its board of directors, we have no awareness or belief that we are owned or controlled by a government entity in mainland China.

We received written confirmations from the directors of the Company and its consolidated foreign operating entities and each of them represented that he/she is not an official of the Chinese Communist Party. The currently effective memorandum and articles of association of our Company and equivalent organizing documents of our consolidated foreign operating entities do not contain any charter of the Chinese Communist Party.

Therefore, to the best of our knowledge, no governmental entity in mainland China, Hong Kong, or the British Virgin Islands owns shares of our significant consolidated foreign operating entities.

We are a “foreign private issuer”, as defined under federal securities laws, as amended, and, as such, are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.

We are a “controlled company” as defined under the Nasdaq Listing Rules, because our chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Weilai Zhang, beneficially owns an aggregate of 0.729% of our issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, and an aggregate of 100% of our issued and outstanding Class B Ordinary. Mr. Zhang has 85.77% of total outstanding voting power of the Company, based on 6,865,124 outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares and 2,005,497 Class B Ordinary Shares of the Company outstanding as of May 10, 2024.

For more information, including a more detailed description of risks related to being a “controlled company,” see “Prospectus Summary — Implications of Being a Controlled Company” and “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry — “We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and, as a result, may rely on exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements that provide protection to shareholders of other companies.”

Investing in our Class A Ordinary Shares involves a high degree of risk, including the risk of losing your entire investment. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 12 of this prospectus to read about factors you should consider before buying our Class A Ordinary Shares.

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is May 24, 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form F-1 that we filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). As permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the registration statement filed by us includes additional information not contained in this prospectus. You may read the registration statement and the other reports we file with the SEC at the SEC’s website described below under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

In this prospectus, , “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company,” and “Antelope Enterprises” refers to Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited (formerly China Ceramics Co., Ltd.), a British Virgin Islands company, and its subsidiaries, including Success Winner Limited (“Success Winner”), a British Virgin Islands company and wholly owned subsidiary of Antelope Enterprises, Antelope Enterprise Holdings USA Inc. (“Antelope USA”), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Antelope Enterprises, Million Stars US Inc. (“Million Stars”), a California corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Antelope USA, Vast Elite Limited (“Vast Elite”), a Hong Kong company and wholly owned subsidiary of Success Winner and the entity that wholly owns Chengdu Future Talented Management and Consulting Co., Ltd, (“Chengdu Future”) a PRC operating company, Antelope Enterprise (HK) Holdings Limited (“Antelope HK”), a Hong Kong company and wholly owned subsidiary of Success Winner and the entity that wholly owns Antelope Holdings (Chengdu) Co., Ltd (“Antelope Chengdu”), a PRC operating company, and the entity that wholly owns Antelope Future (Yangpu) Investment Co., Ltd (“Antelope Yangpu”), a PRC operating company that in turn wholly owns Antelope Ruicheng Investment (Hainan) Co., Ltd (“Antelope Ruicheng”) that in turn owns 51% of Hainan Kylin Cloud Services Technology Co., Ltd (“Hainan Kylin”), and the entity that wholly owns Hainan Antelope Holdings Co., Ltd (“Hainan Antelope”), a PRC operating company that in turn wholly owns Antelope Investment (Hainan) Co., Ltd (“Antelope Investment”), Hainan Kylin Cloud Services Technology Co., Ltd (“Hainan Kylin”) that in turrn owns 100% of Hangzhou Kylin Cloud Services Technology Co., Ltd (“Hangzhou Kylin”), Anhui Kylin Cloud Services Technology Co., Ltd (“Anhui Kylin”), WenzhouKylin Cloud Services Technology Co., Ltd. (“Wenzhou Kylin”), Hubei Kylin Cloud Services Technology Co., Ltd. (“Hubei Kylin”), and Jiangxi Kylin Cloud Services Technology Co., Ltd. (“Jiangxi Kylin”).

You should rely only on the information that is contained in this prospectus or that is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is in addition to or different from what is contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it.

We are not offering to sell or solicit any securities other than the Class A Ordinary Shares offered by this prospectus. In addition, we are not offering to sell or solicit any securities to or from any person in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful to make this offer to or solicit an offer from a person in that jurisdiction. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of the date on the front of this prospectus only, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated herein by reference as exhibits to the registration statement, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Our financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with IFRS. Our historical results do not necessarily indicate our expected results for any future periods.

We or the Selling Shareholders have not taken any action to permit a public offering of the securities outside the United States or to permit the possession or distribution of this prospectus outside the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about and observe any restrictions relating to the offering of the securities and the distribution of this prospectus outside of the United States.

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in our securities. Before you decide to invest in our securities, you should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the sections titled “Risk Factors.” “Business” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

Our Company

We are a British Virgin Islands limited liability company with no material operations. Our operations were conducted in China by our subsidiaries. We provide livestream e-commerce services, business management and information systems consulting services business.

Livestreaming Ecommerce Business

Our livestreaming ecommerce business is operated in China through our 51% subsidiary, Hainan Kylin and its subsidiaries, Hangzhou Kylin, Anhui Kylin, Wenzhou Kylin, Hubei Kylin and Jiangxi Kylin. We aim to provide one-stop solutions for our customers to adopt the emerging sales channel of livestreaming ecommerce. We believe that livestreaming ecommerce is an important growth engine for consumer good brands as it leverages the content of livestreaming to boost customers engagement and sales as it combines instant purchasing of a featured product and audience participation through a chat function or reaction buttons. Our customers usually include consumer goods brands, merchants, and small-scale ecommerce platforms. Our product management office assesses and selects the products from our customers. Then, we connect with different suppliers, usually staffing agencies that have a growing and diverse pool of hosts and influencers. The hosts and influencers register and claim the jobs for livestreaming for our customers’ products via Hainan Kylin’s SaaS platform. We track the sales of products of each host on this SaaS platform and report the sales results to our customers. We charge our commissions based on the final sales results.

In addition, services and promotion fees paid to social media and e-commerce platforms are a material part of the costs of livestreaming ecommerce business in China. By leveraging our network and resources in the e-commerce industry, we provide cost-efficient promotion and placement services to our customers by offering a discounted price of DUO+, which is an advertising option available to users of Douyin, China’s most downloaded video-sharing platform (the mainland Chinese counterpart of TikTok). DOU+ is a content promotion and targeting tool developed by Douyin and available for purchase by users to boost the reach and engagement for any videos or livestreaming on its platform. We also customize the timing and target audience of the promotion placed through DOU+ for our customers to realize the optimal engagement and retention based on our industry experience. We bring even more traffic to customers which purchased DOU+ through us by engaging our own community of viewers to further boost the exposure.

Hainan Kylin’s SaaS platform also includes a job-listing page designed especially for our enterprise customers to retain and engage freelancers and independent contractors in a cost effective manner. We expect to further develop this function of the SaaS platform to provide value-added services to our livestreaming ecommerce customers.

Hainan Kylin has a limited operating history as it started its business in September 2021. For the fiscal year 2023, Hainan Kylin accounted for 98.1% of our total revenue. For the fiscal year 2022, Hainan Kylin comprised virtually all of our ongoing business operations and accounted for 84.5% of our total revenue.

Business Management and Consulting Business

We also provide business management and consulting services which consists of computer consulting services and software development through our subsidiaries in China, including Chengdu Future and Antelope Chengdu. We diagnose difficulties in infrastructure and enterprise systems and addresses business challenges that enterprises confront by developing strategies to surmount such hurdles to ensure the healthy growth and development of our customers. Our consulting teams have advanced technological knowledge and capabilities to implement workflow solutions via proprietary software products and services to help our customers with customized solutions to solve complex problems. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, 1.4%, 3.9% and 6.0% of our total revenue, respectively was generated from our business management and consulting business.

Planned Energy Supply Business

The Company is aiming to launch energy supply business through AEHL US, formerly known as Million Star US Inc. AEHL US has taken preliminary steps in developing this business including engaging a broker to source natural gas from natural gas provider in Texas and the procurement of electricity generators. AEHL US plans to supply power to a data center in Midland, Texas. The Company anticipates that its energy supply business will start operation in the third quarter of 2024.

AEHL US also plans to generate revenue by securing hosting sites for cryptocurrency mining operators as it leverages anticipated cost-effective electricity costs.

Ceramic Tile Business

We have historically operated a ceramic tile business which are used for exterior siding and for interior flooring and design in residential and commercial buildings. We were manufacturer of ceramic tiles used for exterior siding and for interior flooring and design in residential and commercial buildings in China. Since the ceramic tiles manufacturing business has experienced significant hurdles due to the significant slowdown of the real estate sector and the impacts of COVID-19 in China, we decided to divest the ceramic tiles manufacturing business, which had been conducted through our two subsidiaries, Hengda and Hengdali. On December 30, 2022, our operating entities for the ceramic tile business entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated buyer to sell 100% equity interests of our ceramic tile business. On February 21, 2023, our shareholders approved the sale. On April 28, 2023, this transaction was closed.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, we utilized production facilities capable of producing 1.40 million square meters ceramic tiles, as compared with the year ended December 31, 2021, when we utilized production facilities capable of producing 2.38 million square meters. During the year ended December 31, 2022, we had 10 production lines available for production and utilized two production lines during the peak season. As of December 31, 2022, we had seven production lines available for production (all were from Hengda), one of which was in use as of December 31, 2022.

Our Corporate Structure

We are an offshore holding company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. As a holding company with no material operations, our operations were conducted by our subsidiaries in China.

The following diagram illustrates our corporate structure as of the date of this prospectus:

We are subject to certain legal and operational risks associated with our operation in China. 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 subsidiaries’ operations, significant depreciation of the value of our Class A ordinary shares, or a complete hindrance of our ability to offer our securities to investors in the future. 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, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas using variable interest entity structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement.

Pursuant to the PRC Cybersecurity Law, which was promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on November 7, 2016 and took effect on June 1, 2017, personal information and important data collected and generated by a critical information infrastructure operator in the course of its operations in China must be stored in China, and if a critical information infrastructure operator purchases internet products and services that affects or may affect national security, it should be subject to cybersecurity review by the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”). Due to the lack of further interpretations, the exact scope of “critical information infrastructure operator” remains unclear. On December 28, 2021, the CAC and other relevant PRC governmental authorities jointly promulgated the Cybersecurity Review Measures (the “CAC Revised Measures”) to replace the original Cybersecurity Review Measures. The CAC Revised Measures took effect on February 15, 2022. Pursuant to the CAC Revised Measures, if critical information infrastructure operators purchase network products and services, or network platform operators conduct data processing activities that affect or may affect national security, they will be subject to cybersecurity review. On November 14, 2021, CAC published the Administration Measures for Cyber Data Security (Draft for Public Comments), or the “Cyber Data Security Measure (Draft)”, which requires cyberspace operators with personal information of more than one million users who want to list abroad to file a cybersecurity review with the Office of Cybersecurity Review. The cybersecurity review will evaluate, among others, the risk of critical information infrastructure, core data, important data, or a large amount of personal information being influenced, controlled or maliciously used by foreign governments and risk of network data security after going public overseas. As advised by our PRC counsel, Sichuan Jindouyun Law Firm, we are not subject to cybersecurity review with the CAC in accordance with the CAC Revised Measures, because (i) we are not in possession of or otherwise holding personal information of over one million users and it is also very unlikely that it will reach such threshold in the near future; (ii) as of the date of this prospectus, our data processing activities (including the collection, storage, usage, transmission and publicity of data) do not damage national security; and (iii) as of the date of this prospectus, we have not received any notice or determination from applicable PRC governmental authorities identifying it as a critical information infrastructure operator. However, 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. 

On February 17, 2023, the CSRC published the Interim Administrative Measures on Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Enterprises (CSRC Announcement [2023] No. 43) (the “Overseas Listing Measures”), which took effect on March 31, 2023. Under the Overseas Listing Measures, a filing-based regulatory system applies to “indirect overseas offerings and listings” of companies in mainland China, which refers to securities offerings and listings in an overseas market made under the name of an offshore entity but based on the underlying equity, assets, earnings or other similar rights of a company in mainland China that operates its main business in mainland China. The Overseas Listing Measures states that, any post-listing follow-on offering by an issuer in an overseas market, including issuance of shares, convertible notes and other similar securities, shall be subject to filing requirement within three business days after the completion of the offering. In connection with the Overseas Listing Measures, on February 17, 2023 the CSRC also published the Notice on the Administrative Arrangements for the Filing of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Enterprises (the “Notice on Overseas Listing Measures”). According to the Notice on Overseas Listing Measures, issuers that have already been listed in an overseas market by March 31, 2023, the date the Overseas Listing Measures became effective, are not required to make any immediate filing and are only required to comply with the filing requirements under the Overseas Listing Measures when it subsequently seeks to conduct a follow-on offering. Therefore, as advised by our PRC counsel, Sichuan Jindouyun Law Firm, we are required to go through filing procedures with the CSRC after the completion of this offering and for our future offerings and listing of our securities in an overseas market under the Overseas Listing Measures. 

Furthermore, the audit report included in this registration statement for the year ended December 31, 2023, was issued by our auditors, ARK PRO CPA & CO (“ARK”), an audit firm headquartered in Hong Kong. ARK is not among those audit firms listed by the PCAOB Hong Kong Determination, a determination announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021, that the it was unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in Hong Kong. Our former auditor Centurion ZD CPA & Co. for the years ended 2022 and 2021, is a registered public accounting firm that the PCAOB was not able to inspect or investigate completely in 2021 according to the PCAOB’s December 16, 2021 determinations. The PCAOB made this determination pursuant to PCAOB Rule 6100, which provides a framework for how the PCAOB fulfills its responsibilities under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCA Act”). On August 26, 2022, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”), the Ministry of Finance of the PRC (the “MOF”), and the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol (the “Protocol”), governing inspections and investigations of audit firms based in mainland China and Hong Kong, taking the first step toward opening access for the PCAOB to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong. Pursuant to the fact sheet with respect to the Protocol disclosed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the PCAOB shall have independent discretion to select any issuer audits for inspection or investigation and has the unfettered ability to transfer information to the SEC. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB Board determined that the PCAOB was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong and voted to vacate its previous determinations to the contrary. However, should PRC authorities obstruct or otherwise fail to facilitate the PCAOB’s access in the future, the PCAOB Board will consider the need to issue a new determination. On December 29, 2022, a legislation entitled “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023” (the “Consolidated Appropriations Act”), was signed into law by President Biden, which amended the HFCA Act by reducing the number of consecutive non-inspection years required for triggering the prohibitions under the HFCA Act from three years to two. In the event it is later determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely our auditor, then such lack of inspection could cause trading in our securities to be prohibited under the HFCA Act, as amended, and ultimately result in a determination by the Nasdaq Capital Market to delist our securities.

Summary of Risk Factors

Investing in our securities involves significant risks. You should carefully consider all of the information in this prospectus before making an investment in our securities. The main risks set forth below and others you should consider are discussed more fully in the section entitled “Risk Factors”, which you should read in its entirety.

Risks Related to the Offering

Risk Factors Relating to Our Business

Risk Factors Relating to the Planned Energy Supply Business

Risk Factors Relating to Our Operations in China

Risks Factors Relating to Our Class A Ordinary Shares

Cash Transfers Within Our Organization

Our management monitors the cash position of each entity within our organization regularly and prepare budgets on a monthly basis to ensure each entity has the necessary funds to fulfill its obligation for the foreseeable future and to ensure adequate liquidity. As a holding company, we may rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our subsidiary in Hong Kong, and the subsidiaries in China, for our cash and financing requirements. The payment of dividends to Antelope Enterprises by our Chinese subsidiaries is affected by means of dividends by those entities to their Hong Kong direct parent and a redividend by that Hong Kong entity to Antelope Enterprises. Such dividends are effected by resolution of the board of directors of each such entity (after provision for applicable tax obligations). China is a foreign exchange administration country. Capital injections, cross-border trade and services transactions settled in foreign exchange, overseas financing and profit repatriations are subject to the foreign exchange administration regulations. A Chinese subsidiary owned by foreign company must apply for registration of foreign exchange with the SAFE after the issuance of a business license and obtain a foreign exchange registration certificate. When the Chinese subsidiaries apply for repatriating dividends to foreign shareholders, it must submit the application form to SAFE with the proof that such dividends have been subjected to all applicable tax withholding. A Chinese subsidiary can only distribute dividends out of its accumulated profits, which means that any accumulated losses must be more than offset by its profits in other years, including the current year.

During each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023, the only transfer of assets among Antelope Enterprises and its subsidiaries have consisted of cash. During that same period, there have been no distributions, dividends or loans extended by any of our direct or indirectly held subsidiaries to Antelope Enterprises. During that same period Antelope Enterprises has not declared any dividends or made any distributions to its shareholders.

The cash transfers within the organization during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023 were as follows:

Permission or Approval Required from the PRC Authorities for This Offering and Our PRC Subsidiaries’ Operation

To operate the general business activities currently conducted in China, each of our subsidiaries in China is required to obtain a business license from the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”). All of our PRC subsidiaries have obtained their valid business licenses from the SAMR, and no application for any such license has been denied.

We are aware, however, 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, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas using variable interest entity structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement.

On July 6, 2021, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued the “Opinions on Severely Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities According to Law,” or the Opinions. The Opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the administration over illegal securities activities, and the need to strengthen the supervision over overseas listings by Chinese companies. Effective measures, such as promoting the construction of relevant regulatory systems will be taken to deal with the risks and incidents of China-concept overseas listed companies, and cybersecurity and data privacy protection requirements and similar matters. The Opinions and any related implementing rules to be enacted may subject us to compliance requirement in the future. Given the current regulatory environment in the PRC, we are still subject to the uncertainty of different interpretation and enforcement of the rules and regulations in the PRC adverse to us, which may take place quickly with little advance notice.

On December 28, 2021, the CAC published the CAC Revised Measures, which further restates and expands the applicable scope of the cybersecurity review. The CAC Revised Measures took effect on February 15, 2022. Pursuant to the CAC Revised Measures, if a network platform operator holding personal information of over one million users seeks for “foreign” listing, it must apply for the cybersecurity review. In addition, operators of critical information infrastructure purchasing network products and services are also obligated to apply for the cybersecurity review for such purchasing activities. Although the CAC Revised Measures provides no further explanation on the extent of “network platform operator” and “foreign” listing, we do not believe we are obligated to apply for a cybersecurity review pursuant to the CAC Revised Measures, considering that (i) we are not in possession of or otherwise holding personal information of over one million users and it is also very unlikely that we will reach such threshold in the near future; (ii) as of the date of this this prospectus, we have not received any notice or determination from applicable PRC governmental authorities identifying it as a critical information infrastructure operator.

That being said, the CAC Revised Measures empowers the cybersecurity review office to initiate cybersecurity review when they believe any particular data processing activities “affect or may affect national security”. In addition, on November 14, 2021, the CAC promulgated the Regulations on the Administration of Cyber Data Security (Draft for Comments) (the “Draft CAC Regulations”), and according to the Draft CAC Regulations, any data processors shall, in accordance with relevant state provisions, apply for a cybersecurity review when carrying out, among other things, “other data processing activities that affect or may affect national security”. However, neither the CAC Revised Measures nor the Draft CAC Regulations provides for any further explanation or interpretation over what constitutes activities that “affect or may affect national security”. Therefore, if any competent government authorities deem that our PRC subsidiaries’ data processing activities may affect national security, we may be subject cybersecurity review, and in that scenario, failure to pass such cybersecurity review and/or to comply with the data privacy and data security requirements raised during such cybersecurity review could subject our PRC subsidiaries to penalties, damage its reputation and brand, and harm its business and results of operations.

On February 17, 2023, the CSRC published the Interim Administrative Measures on Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Enterprises (CSRC Announcement [2023] No. 43) (the “Overseas Listing Measures”), which took effect on March 31, 2023. Under the Overseas Listing Measures, a filing-based regulatory system applies to “indirect overseas offerings and listings” of companies in mainland China, which refers to securities offerings and listings in an overseas market made under the name of an offshore entity but based on the underlying equity, assets, earnings or other similar rights of a company in mainland China that operates its main business in mainland China. The Overseas Listing Measures states that, any post-listing follow-on offering by an issuer in an overseas market, including issuance of shares, convertible notes and other similar securities, shall be subject to filing requirement within three business days after the completion of the offering. In connection with the Overseas Listing Measures, on February 17, 2023 the CSRC also published the Notice on the Administrative Arrangements for the Filing of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Enterprises (the “Notice on Overseas Listing Measures”). According to the Notice on Overseas Listing Measures, issuers that have already been listed in an overseas market by March 31, 2023, the date the Overseas Listing Measures became effective, are not required to make any immediate filing and are only required to comply with the filing requirements under the Overseas Listing Measures when it subsequently seeks to conduct a follow-on offering.

In summary, other than the CSRC filing procedure we are required to make after the completion of this offering, we and our PRC subsidiaries are not required to obtain permission or approval from the PRC authorities including CSRC or CAC for our PRC subsidiaries, nor have we or our PRC subsidiaries, received any denial for our PRC subsidiaries’ operation or this offering. We are subject to the risks of uncertainty of any future actions of the PRC government in this regard including the risk that we inadvertently conclude that the permission or approvals discussed here are not required, that applicable laws, regulations or interpretations change such that we or any of our PRC subsidiaries are required to obtain approvals in the future, or that the PRC government could disallow our holding company structure, which would likely result in a material change in our operations, including our ability to continue our existing holding company structure, carry on our current business, accept foreign investments, and continue to offer securities to our investors. These adverse actions could cause the value of our Class A ordinary shares to significantly decline or become worthless. We may also be subject to penalties and sanctions imposed by the PRC regulatory agencies, including the CSRC, if we fail to comply with such rules and regulations, which would likely adversely affect the ability of our securities to be listed on the U.S. exchange, which would likely cause the value of our Class A ordinary shares to significantly decline or become worthless.

Implications of Being a Controlled Company

Our chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Weilai Zhang, will own a majority of our outstanding voting power following this offering and we are a “controlled company” as defined under the Nasdaq Listing Rules. For so long as we are a “controlled company”, we are permitted to elect to rely, and may rely, on certain exemptions from corporate governance rules, including:

●an exemption from the rule that a majority of our board of directors must be independent directors;

●an exemption from the rule that the compensation of our chief executive officer must be determined or recommended solely by independent directors; and

●an exemption from the rule that our director nominees must be selected or recommended

Although we do not intend to rely on the “controlled company” exemption under the Nasdaq Listing Rules, we could elect to rely on this exemption in the future. As a result, you will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to these corporate governance requirements. Our status as a “controlled company” could cause our ordinary shares to look less attractive to certain investors or otherwise harm the trading price of our ordinary shares. Please see “Risk Factors – Risks Related to Our Business and Industry – We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and, as a result, may rely on exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements that provide protection to shareholders of other companies.”

Corporate Information

Our principal executive office is located at Suite 7540, The Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 10118. Our telephone number at this address is +1 (838) 500 8888.   Our registered office is Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands, and our registered agent is Harneys Corporate Services Limited. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Puglisi & Associates, located at 850 Library Avenue, Suite 204, Newark, Delaware 19711. We maintain a website at http://www.aehltd.com that contains information about our company. Information on this website is not part of this prospectus.

THE OFFERING

RISK FACTORS

An investment in our securities involves significant risk. Before making an investment in our securities, you should carefully consider the risk factors set forth in our most recent annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 on file with the SEC, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as well as the following risk factors, which augment the risk factors set forth in our most recent annual report. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks as well as other information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus. The risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also materially harm our business, operating results and financial condition and could result in a complete loss of your investment.

Risks Related to the Offering

It is not possible to predict the actual number of shares we will sell under the Subscription Agreements to the Investors, or the actual gross proceeds resulting from those sales.

On March 25, 2024, we entered into the Subscription Agreements with each of the Investors, pursuant to which each has committed, separately and not jointly, to purchase in aggregate of up to 10,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the Subscription Agreements. To date of this prospectus, we have not sold Class A Ordinary Shares. The Class A Ordinary Shares that may be issued under the Subscription Agreements may be sold by us to the Selling Shareholders at our discretion from time to time over an approximately 36-month period commencing on the date of the Subscription Agreements.

We generally have the right to control the timing and amount of any sales of our Class A Ordinary Shares to under the Subscription Agreements. Sales of our Class A Ordinary Shares, if any under the Subscription Agreements will depend upon market conditions and other factors. We may ultimately decide to sell to Investors all, some or none of the Class A Ordinary Shares that may be available for us to sell pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.

Because the purchase price per share to be paid for the Class A Ordinary Shares that we may elect to sell under the Subscription Agreements, if any, will fluctuate based on the market price of Class A Ordinary Shares during the applicable purchase valuation period for each purchase made pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, if any, it is not possible for us to predict, as of the date of this prospectus and prior to any such sales, the number of Class A Ordinary Shares that we will sell to the Investors under Subscription Agreements, the purchase price per share, or the aggregate gross proceeds that we will receive from those purchases by the Investors under the Subscription Agreement, if any.

As each Class A Ordinary Share to be issued to the investors from time to time under the Subscription Agreements will be issued at a per share purchase price equal to the lesser of (i) the average closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares during the three consecutive trading days commencing on the applicable advance notice date, or (ii) $1.12; even if we elect to sell all of the Class A Ordinary Shares being registered for resale under this prospectus pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, depending on the market prices of our Class A Ordinary Shares at the time of such sales, the actual gross proceeds from the sale of all such shares under the Subscription Agreements may be substantially less than the $33.6 million, which could materially adversely affect our liquidity.

Further, the resale by Selling Shareholders of a significant number of shares registered for resale in this offering at any given time, or the perception that these sales may occur, could cause the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares to decline and to be highly volatile.

The sale and issuance of our Class A Ordinary Shares to the Selling Shareholders will cause dilution to our existing shareholders, and the sale of the Class A Ordinary Shares acquired by the Selling Shareholders, or the perception that such sales may occur, could cause the price of our Class A Ordinary Shares to fall.

The purchase price for the shares that we may sell to the Investors under the Subscription Agreements will fluctuate based on the price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Depending on a number of factors, including market liquidity, sales of such shares may cause the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares to fall. If and when we do sell shares to the Selling Shareholders, The Selling Shareholders may resell all, some, or none of those shares at its discretion, subject to the terms of the Subscription Agreement. Therefore, sales to the Selling Shareholders by us could result in substantial dilution to the interests of other holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Additionally, the sale of a substantial number of Ordinary Shares to the Selling Shareholders, or the anticipation of such sales, could make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a desirable time and price. The resale of shares Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholders in the public market or otherwise, including sales pursuant to this prospectus, or the perception that such sales could occur, could also harm the prevailing market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares.

Following these issuances described above, the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares could decline if the holders of restricted shares sell them or are perceived by the market as intending to sell them. As such, sales of a substantial number of Class A Ordinary Shares in the public market could occur at any time. These sales, or the perception in the market that the holders of a large number of shares intend to sell shares, could reduce the market price of Class A Ordinary Shares.

Investors who buy Class A Ordinary Shares at different times will likely pay different prices.

Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, we control the timing and amount of any sales of Class A Ordinary Shares to the Investors. If and when we elect to sell Class A Ordinary Shares to the Investors pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the Investors may resell all, some or none of such shares at its discretion and at different prices, subject to the terms of the Subscription Agreements. As a result, investors who purchase shares from the Investors in this offering at different times will likely pay different prices for those shares, and so may experience different levels of dilution and in some cases substantial dilution and different outcomes in their investment results. Investors may experience a decline in the value of the shares they purchase from the Investors in this offering as a result of future sales made by us to the Investors at prices lower than the prices such investors paid for their shares in this offering. In addition, if we sell a substantial number of shares to the Investors under the Subscription Agreements, or if investors expect that we will do so, the actual sales of shares or the mere existence of our arrangement with Investors may make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a desirable time and price.

Our management team will have broad discretion over the use of the net proceeds from our sale of Class A Ordinary Shares to the Selling Shareholders, if any, and you may not agree with how we use the proceeds and the proceeds may not be invested successfully.

Our management team will have broad discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from our sale of Class A Ordinary Shares to the Selling Shareholders, if any, and we could use such proceeds for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of commencement of this offering.

Accordingly, you will be relying on the judgment of our management team with regard to the use of those net proceeds, and you will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. It is possible that, pending their use, we may invest those net proceeds in a way that does not yield a favorable, or any, return for us. The failure of our management team to use such funds effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.

Risk Factors Relating to Our Business

We have a limited operating history in a highly competitive technology segment.

We started operating our livestreaming ecommerce business through our indirect subsidiary, Hainan Kylin, in September 2021. Therefore, we have a limited operating history in the livestreaming ecommerce sector, which is competitive and subject to transformation. We may have limited information into trends that could affect the demand for our services. Our financial results and growth to date may not be indicative of our future performance. We may not be able to effectively manage our growth and experience operational, financial and human resource constraints. Our current procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our future operations, and if we are not able to manage our growth effectively, our business may be materially and adversely affected.

If certain consumer behavior trends do not continue develop as anticipated, our operating results will be adversely affected.

Our future financial performance is dependent on certain consumer and social trends and we may have overestimated factors attributable to its growth as well as our successful positioning in such markets. We are subject to both business and consumer activities in the livestreaming ecommerce industry as well as trends in specific demographics which are often difficult to ascertain and which can change quickly.

We have entered a potentially competitive market segment.

The livestreaming ecommerce industry in which we are participating may attract highly seasoned and better capitalized competitors, which could inhibit our success. The relatively low entry threshold and the rapid growth of livestreaming ecommerce in China could make this market become crowded which would decrease our existing and potential market share. We will need to promote and develop brand awareness as a competitive advantage and there can be no assurance that such branding will be successful or sustainable. We expect to continue to expend financial resources on the expansion of our livestreaming ecommerce business, and there can be assurance that we will be able to compete with larger, better capitalized firms. This may also affect our ability to scale our operations and successful execute our strategic growth plan.

We are subject to rapid technology change and certain of our livestreaming ecommerce business could have significant barriers to entry.

Some of our businesses will depend on the growth and evolution of the livestreaming ecommerce and technologies associated with the Internet, and we cannot be certain how Internet access or trends for our services will evolve over time. Also, the barriers to entry to our livestreaming ecommerce sector could erode due to strong competitors, low entry costs, competitive pricing, geographical advantages, and other parties’ affiliations and partnerships.

Our business depends on our ability to maintain and grow our network of high-quality suppliers of hosts and influencers. If we are unable to do so, our future growth would be limited and our business, financial condition and results of operations would be harmed.

Our success is dependent upon our continued ability to maintain and grow our credentialed network of high-quality suppliers of hosts and influencers. We have entered into contracts with different suppliers, usually staffing agencies, which have a growing and diverse pool of hosts and influencers. In addition, the perceived value of our solutions and our reputation may be negatively impacted if the services provided by the hosts or influencers from our suppliers are not satisfactory to customers and their members. The failure to maintain or grow our selective network of suppliers or the failure of those suppliers to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations, may result in a loss of or inability to grow or maintain our customer base, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on existing technology systems, networks and platforms that are outside of our control.

Our livestreaming ecommerce business relies on existing technology systems, networks and platforms that we do not control, and changes to any of these technology formats could cause us our change our business model and operations. We may not be successful in developing relationships with industry participants that advance our business efforts or to engage customers to buy or use our services. A large or sudden increase in the cost of the technologies that we utilize may cause us to risk operational viability. Further, changes in technology can occur quickly and unpredictably, and our ability to adapt to such changes could be constrained by our limited experience in our new livestreaming social ecommerce business segment.

We are dependent on our management team and any loss of our key management personnel without timely and suitable replacements may reduce our revenues and profits.

Our business is also dependent on our executive officers who are responsible for implementing our business plans and driving growth. Please refer to “Directors, Senior Management and Employees” herein for more information about our directors and officers. The demand for such experienced personnel is intense and the search for personnel with the relevant skills set can be time consuming. The loss of our key management personnel without timely and suitable replacements may reduce our revenues and profits.

If China’s inflation increases or the prices of energy or raw materials increase, we may not be able to pass the resulting increased costs to our customers and this may adversely affect our profitability or cause us to suffer operating losses.

Economic growth in China has, in the past, been accompanied by periods of high inflation. In the past, the Chinese government has implemented various policies from time to time to control inflation. For example, the Chinese government has periodically introduced measures in certain sectors to avoid overheating of the economy, including tighter bank lending policies, increases in bank interest rates, and measures to curb inflation, which has resulted in a decrease in the rate of inflation. An increase in inflation could cause our costs for energy, labor costs, raw materials and other operating costs to increase, which would adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We are dependent on our management team and any loss of our key management personnel without timely and suitable replacements may reduce our revenues and profits.

Our business is also dependent on our executive officers who are responsible for implementing our business plans and driving growth. Please refer to “Directors, Senior Management and Employees” herein for more information about our directors and officers. The demand for such experienced personnel is intense and the search for personnel with the relevant skills set can be time consuming. The loss of our key management personnel without timely and suitable replacements may reduce our revenues and profits.

Failure to compete successfully with our competitors and new entrants to the ceramics industry in the PRC may result in Antelope Enterprises losing market share.

We operate in a competitive and fragmented industry of ceramic tile manufacturing. There is no assurance that we will not face competition from our existing competitors and new entrants. We compete with a variety of companies, some of which have advantages that include: longer operating history, larger clientele base, superior products, better access to capital, personnel and technology, or are better entrenched. Our competitors may be able to respond more quickly to new and emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements or succeed in developing products that are more effective or less costly than our products. Any increase in competition could have a negative impact on our pricing (thus eroding our profit margins) and reduce our market share. If we are unable to compete effectively with our existing and future competitors and do not adapt quickly to changing market conditions, we may lose market share.

Our production facilities may be affected by power shortages which could result in a loss of business.

Our production facilities consume substantial amounts of electrical power, which is the principal source of energy for our manufacturing operations. Although we have a back-up generator at both our production facilities, we may experience occasional temporary power shortages disrupting production due to power rationing activities conducted by the authorities, thunderstorms or other natural events beyond our control. Accordingly, these production disruptions could result in a loss of business.

Our research and development efforts may not result in marketable products.

Our research and development team develops products which we have identified as having good potential in the market. There is no assurance that we will not experience delays in future product developments. There is also no assurance that the products which we are currently developing or may develop in the future will be successful or that we will be able to market these new products to our customers successfully. If our new products are unable to gain the acceptance of our customers or potential customers, we will not be able to generate future sales from our investment in research and development.

We may not be able to ensure the successful implementation of our future plans and strategies, resulting in reduced financial performance.

We intend to expand our market presence and explore opportunities in strategic investments or alliances and acquisitions. These initiatives involve various risks including, but not limited to, the investment costs in setting up new offices and sales offices and working capital requirements. There is no assurance that any future plan can be successfully implemented as the successful execution could depend on several factors, some of which are not within our control. Failure to successfully implement our future plans or to effectively manage costs may lead to a material adverse change in our operating environment or affect our ability to respond to market or industry changes, resulting in reduced financial performance. Decelerating economic growth in China has caused challenging market conditions in the real estate and construction sectors resulting in a contraction in investment and new housing projects by property developers. The challenging market conditions has resulted in an expected contraction in demand for our products. Due to the reduced demand for our products, we have, from time to time, recorded an impairment of assets.

We may inadvertently infringe third-party intellectual property rights, which could negatively impact our business and financial results.

We are not aware of, nor have we received any claims from third parties for, any violations or infringements of intellectual property rights of third parties by us as of the date of this prospectus. Nevertheless, there can be no assurance that as we develop new product designs and production methods, we would not inadvertently infringe the intellectual property rights of others or others would not assert infringement claims against us or claim that we have infringed their intellectual property rights. Claims against us, even if untrue or baseless, could result in significant costs, legal or otherwise, cause product shipment delays, require us to develop non-infringing products, enter into licensing agreements or may be a distraction to our management. Licensing agreements, if required, may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all. In the event of a successful claim of intellectual property rights infringement against us and our failure or inability to develop non-infringing products or to license the infringed intellectual property rights in a timely or cost-effective basis, our business and/or financial results will be negatively impacted.

We face increasing labor costs and other costs of production in the PRC, which could limit our profitability.

Labor costs in China have been increasing in recent years and our labor costs in the PRC could continue to increase in the future. If labor costs in the PRC continue to increase, our production costs will likely increase which may in turn affect the selling prices of our products. We may not be able to pass on these increased costs to consumers by increasing the selling prices of our products in light of competitive pressure in the markets where we operate. In such circumstances, our profit margin may decrease.

Risk Factors Relating to the Planned Energy Supply Business

We might not be able to launch the energy supply business as planned or at all, or generate revenue as planned.

Our plan is subject to many factors that are beyond of our control such as fluctuation of the natural gas price, business negotiation with the natural gas provider(s), fluctuation of the crypto price, competition of various electricity suppliers in the region where we plan to operate etc. As a new player in the energy industry, we might not be able to secure natural gas at the price point as we desire and manage the business as planned.

Our financial performance in this planned business will be affected by commodity price fluctuations in the wholesale and retail power and natural gas markets and other market factors that are beyond our control.

We will use natural gas as the source to generate electricity. Market prices for power, generation capacity, ancillary services, and natural gas are unpredictable. Depending upon price risk management activity undertaken by us, a decline in market prices for power, generation capacity, and ancillary services may adversely affect our financial performance. Long- and short-term power and natural gas prices may also fluctuate substantially due to other factors outside of our control, including:

● increases and decreases in generation capacity in our markets;

● changes in power transmission capacity constraints or inefficiencies;

● volatile weather conditions, particularly unusually hot or mild summers or unusually cold or warm winters in our market areas;

● an economic downturn which could negatively affect demand for power;

● changes in the supply of commodities utilized as fuel sources for power generation, including but not limited to coal, natural gas and fuel oil;

● technological shifts resulting in changes in the demand for power or in patterns of power usage, including the potential development of demand-side management tools, expansion and technological advancements in power storage capability and the development of new fuels or new technologies for the production or storage of power;

● federal and state power, market and environmental regulation and legislation, including mandating a renewable portfolio standards or creating financial incentives, each resulting in new renewable energy generation capacity creating oversupply; and

● changes in capacity prices and capacity markets.

These factors may cause our operating results of the energy supply business to fluctuate in the future.

Extensive competition in power generation industry could adversely affect our performance.

The power generation industry is characterized by intense competition, and we will encounter competition from utilities, industrial companies, marketing and trading companies and other independent power producers. This competition has put pressure on power utilities to lower their costs, including the cost of purchased power, and increasing competition in the supply of power in the future could increase this pressure. In addition, construction during the last decade has created excess power supply and higher reserve margins in the power trading markets, putting downward pressure on prices.

Other companies we are going to compete with may have greater liquidity, greater access to credit and other financial resources, lower cost structures, greater ability to incur losses, longer-standing relationships with customers, greater potential for profitability from ancillary services or greater flexibility in the timing of their sale of generation capacity and ancillary services than we do.

Additionally, there is extensive competition in the retail power markets. Competitors may offer lower prices or other incentives which may attract customers away from our retail subsidiaries. We may also face competition from a number of other energy service providers, other energy industry participants, or nationally branded providers of consumer products and services who may develop businesses that will compete with our retail subsidiaries.

We will rely on power transmission and fuel distribution facilities owned and operated by other companies.

We will depend on facilities and assets that we do not own or control for the transmission to our customers of the power produced by our generators and the distribution of natural gas to our generators. If these transmission and distribution systems are disrupted or capacity on those systems is inadequate, our ability to sell and deliver power products or obtain fuel may be hindered. Independent system operators that oversee transmission systems in regional power markets have imposed price limitations and other mechanisms to address volatility in their power markets. Existing congestion, as well as expansion of transmission systems, could affect our performance, which in turn could adversely affect our business.

We may be unable to obtain an adequate supply of fuel in the future.