As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2026
Registration
No. 333-299685
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
AMENDMENT
NO. 1
TO
FORM
F-1
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
| ABITS
GROUP INC |
| (Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
| British
Virgin Islands |
|
Not
Applicable |
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation or organization) |
|
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.) |
Level
24 Lee Garden One, 33 Hysan Avenue
Causeway
Bay, Hong Kong SAR
People’s
Republic of China
+852
3959-8605 — telephone
+852
3959 8800 — facsimile
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Abit
USA Inc.
4458
White Oak Rd
Duff,
TN 37729
+1-917-592-1177
— telephone
(Name,
address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With
a copy to:
Anthony
W. Basch, Esq.
Kaufman
& Canoles, P.C.
Two
James Center, 14th Floor
1021
East Cary Street
Richmond,
Virginia 23219
+1-804-771-5700
— telephone
+1-888-360-9092
— facsimile
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement as
determined by the registrant.
If
the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check
the following box: ☐
If
any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☒
If
this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ☐
If
this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If
this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.C. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective
upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
If
this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.C. filed to register additional
securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Emerging
growth company ☒
If
an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised accounting standards provided to Section
7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
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 of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date
as the Commission acting pursuant to said section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
Abits
Group Inc is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-299685) (the “Registration Statement”)
as an exhibits-only filing to re-file Exhibit 5.3, which was previously filed with the Registration Statement, to correct the
date of the opinion, and to amend and restate the exhibit index set forth in Part II of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this
amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, the Exhibit Index of Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature
page to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibit. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore
been omitted.
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number |
|
Description
of Exhibit |
| 3.1 |
|
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Abits Group Inc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2025) |
| 4.1 |
|
Description of Ordinary Shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to our annual report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2026) |
| 4.2^ |
|
Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate |
| 4.3 |
|
Form of Convertible Promissory Note, dated September 14, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2026) |
| 4.4 |
|
Form of Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase Ordinary Shares, dated September 14, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2026) |
| 4.5 |
|
Form of Placement Agent Warrant to Purchase Ordinary Shares, dated September 14, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2026) |
| 5.1^ |
|
Opinion of Campbells Legal (BVI) Limited |
| 5.2^ |
|
Opinion of Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm |
| 5.3+ |
|
Opinion of Patrick Mak & Tse |
| 10.1 |
|
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated August 5, 2026, among the Company, ARC Group International Ltd. and Conglin Deng (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2026) |
| 10.2 |
|
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated September 14, 2026, between the Company and Shakawe Capital LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2026) |
| 10.3 |
|
Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated September 14, 2026, between the Company and Shakawe Capital LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2026) |
| 10.4 |
|
Form of Equity Purchase Agreement, dated September 14, 2026, between the Company and Shakawe Capital LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to our Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2026) |
| 10.5 |
|
Form of Lock-Up Agreement, dated September 14, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to our Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2026) |
| 10.6 |
|
Placement Agent Agreement, dated September 14, 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to our Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2026) |
| 10.7^ |
|
The Preferred Share Repurchase and Cancellation Agreement, dated September 10, 2026 |
| 21.1^ |
|
List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant |
| 23.1^ |
|
Consent of Audit Alliance LLP |
| 23.2^ |
|
Consent of Campbells (contained in Exhibit 5.1) |
| 23.3^ |
|
Consent of Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm (contained in Exhibit 5.2) |
| 23.4+ |
|
Consent of Patrick Mak & Tse (contained in Exhibit 5.3) |
| 24.1^ |
|
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page) |
| 107^ |
|
Filing Fees Table |
| |
+ |
Filed
herewith. |
| |
^ |
Previously
filed. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing this Registration Statement or Amendment thereto on Form F-1 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Kentucky, United States on October 29, 2026.
| |
ABITS
GROUP INC |
| |
|
|
| |
By: |
/s/
Stephen Faucetta |
| |
Name: |
Stephen
Faucetta |
| |
Title: |
Chief
Executive Officer |
| |
|
(Principal
Executive Officer) |
| |
|
|
| |
By: |
/s/
Kai Zhang |
| |
Name: |
Kai
Zhang |
| |
Title: |
Chief
Financial Officer |
| |
|
(Principal
Accounting and Financial Officer) |
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
| SIGNATURE |
|
TITLE |
|
DATE |
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|
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| /s/
Stephen Faucetta |
|
Chief
Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of Board of Directors |
|
October
29, 2026 |
| Stephen
Faucetta |
|
(Principal
Executive Officer) |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| /s/
Kai Zhang |
|
Chief
Financial Officer |
|
October
29, 2026 |
| Kai
Zhang |
|
(Principal
Accounting and Financial Officer) |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| /s/
Glenn Josephs |
|
Director |
|
October
29, 2026 |
| Glenn
Josephs |
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
| /s/
Mohsen (Michael) Khorassani |
|
Director |
|
October
29, 2026 |
| Mohsen
(Michael) Khorassani |
|
|
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|
|
| /s/
Phillip Balatsos |
|
Director |
|
October
29, 2026 |
| Phillip
Balatsos |
|
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|
|
| /s/
Andrew Hancox |
|
Director |
|
October
29, 2026 |
| Andrew
Hancox |
|
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|
| /s/
Stephen Faucetta |
|
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October
29, 2026 |
| Stephen
Faucetta, Attorney-in-Fact |
|
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SIGNATURE
OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Abits Group Inc, has signed
this registration statement or amendment thereto in Kentucky, United States on October 29, 2026.
| |
By: |
/s/
Stephen Faucetta |
| |
Name: |
Stephen
Faucetta |
| |
Title: |
Chief
Executive Officer, Authorized Representative in the United States |